Rebels in eastern Congo pushed south along Lake Kivu after repelling a counter-attack by government forces near the new rebel stronghold in the city of Goma on the Rwandan border.
Others moved north from the strategic road junction at Sake.
Rebels were reported to be in control of Sake after a battle on Thursday, which had been the first sign of a government fightback after the army abandoned Goma on Tuesday to the M23 movement, widely thought to be backed by Rwanda.
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