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Over 7,000 people killed in eastern DR Congo since January: PM

Brazilian Minister of Human Rights Macae Evaristo delivers a speech at the opening of the 58th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, on February 24, 2025. [AFP]

Violence raging in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has killed "more than 7,000 compatriots", many of them civilians, since last month, the Congolese premier said Monday.

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has seized large swathes of the mineral-rich eastern DRC -- including the main cities of Goma and Bukavu -- in the face of limited resistance from Congolese forces.

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