Democratic Head of government: 7,000 dead in fighting in eastern Congo since January
According to the government, around 7,000 people have been killed in the fighting in resource-rich eastern Congo since January.
24.02.2025, 16:40
SDA
The destruction of dozens of refugee camps has also left around 450,000 internally displaced persons homeless, Prime Minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. The number of displaced people in the conflict region now stands at 2.8 million.
The M23 militia, which has controlled parts of the resource-rich province of North Kivu for years, captured the provincial capital of Goma, which is home to around two million people and around one million internally displaced persons in the surrounding area, at the end of January. The militia now also controls the provincial capital Bukavu in neighboring South Kivu. Despite international appeals, an end to the fighting is not in sight.
The government in Kinshasa accuses neighboring Rwanda of supporting the rebels. In its latest resolution on the conflict, the UN Security Council called on Rwanda to stop supporting the M23 and to withdraw its troops from eastern Congo immediately.
