Gen. Laurent Nkunda, leader of the rebels, Congo President Joseph Kabila and Rwandan President Paul Kagame were scheduled to attend talks Friday in Nairobi with U.N. Secretary General Bank Ki-moon and other leaders in an effort to resolve the crisis, The Independent reported.

Nkunda's troops have been sitting outside Goma, the capital of northern Kivu, since declaring the cease-fire a week ago. Rebels attacked the village of Kiwanja Wednesday night. Nkunda said his forces were responding to an attack from the government-backed Hutu militia and denied targeting civilians.

A U.N. spokesman said Nkunda's troops had also taken Nyanzale, a town 50 miles from Goma, the BBC reported.

The trouble in Kivu is a result of the spilling over of the Rwandan genocide in 1994 when Hutus massacred Tutsis.