DR Congo crisis summit issues call for Friday cease-fire

President of Rwanda Paul Kagame addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, at UN headquarters. Kagame sent his Foreign Affairs Minister Vincent Biruta to attend a summit with Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi in Angola on Wednesday, as regional leaders tried to cool tensions between the two countries amid mounting rebel attacks near their shared border. [AP]

Leaders called for a cease-fire to take effect later this week in eastern Congo following a summit in Angola on Wednesday that included Congo's president and Rwanda's foreign minister but not the M23 rebels whose rapid advance has sharply escalated tensions between the two countries.