Ministers from fourteen African governments have begun arriving in Zambia for two days of talks to try to find a solution to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

They will try to arrange a ceasefire between the forces of President Laurent Kabila and the Tutsi-led rebels who took up arms against his government in August.

Zimbabwe is continuing to build up its forces in the DRC - a move which has angered South Africa which is seeking a diplomatic solution to the crisis.

In the latest violence, nine people were shot dead over the weekend in an attack on the rebel stronghold of Goma.