{"id":300135,"date":"2025-02-26T11:59:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T11:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/02\/26\/fighting-in-eastern-drc-killed-about-7000-people-since-january-pm-says\/"},"modified":"2025-02-26T11:59:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T11:59:02","slug":"fighting-in-eastern-drc-killed-about-7000-people-since-january-pm-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/02\/26\/fighting-in-eastern-drc-killed-about-7000-people-since-january-pm-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Fighting in eastern DRC killed about 7,000 people since January, PM says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/105\/10519700.295.jpg\" alt=\"DRC Prime Minister Judith Suminwa addresses the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.\" title=\"DRC Prime Minister Judith Suminwa addresses the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.\" width=\"295\" height=\"196\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>DRC Prime Minister Judith Suminwa addresses the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">More than 7,000 people have been killed in fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since last month, Prime Minister Judith Suminwa says, with a \u201csignificant\u201d number of civilians among the dead.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Switzerland on Monday, Suminwa warned that \u201cthe security situation in eastern DRC has reached alarming levels\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>About 3,000 deaths were reported in Goma, the capital of the eastern DRC\u2019s North Kivu province, the prime minister said.<\/p>\n<p>She added that more than 2,500 bodies were buried without being identified while another 1,500 were still in morgues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a significant mass of civilians who are part of these dead,\u201d Suminwa said.<\/p>\n<p>Since January, the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group has captured swaths of the eastern DRC, including the key cities of Goma and Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province.<\/p>\n<p>The group\u2019s rapid offensive has prompted concern from world leaders, including UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who recently warned that the fighting could \u201cpush the entire region over the precipice\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda has rejected allegations from the DRC, the UN and Western governments that it supports the rebels with weapons and troops.<\/p>\n<p>During Monday\u2019s address in Geneva, Suminwa urged the world to act and to impose \u201cdissuasive sanctions\u201d on Rwanda amid mass displacement and reports of summary executions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is impossible to describe the screams and cries of millions of victims of this conflict,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Guterres also told the Human Rights Council that the situation in the country was \u201ca deadly whirlwind of violence and horrifying human rights abuses\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sovereignty and territorial integrity of the DRC must be respected,\u201d the UN chief said. \u201cAs more cities fall, the risk of a regional war rises. It\u2019s time to silence the guns.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rebel fighters took control of Bukavu just over a week ago after first capturing Goma last month.<\/p>\n<p>About 40,000 people have fled the violence to neighbouring Burundi over a two-week span, the UN said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The M23 is the most prominent of more than 100 armed groups vying for control of the eastern DRC\u2019s trillions of dollars in mineral wealth.<\/p>\n<p>The rebels are supported by about 4,000 soldiers from neighbouring Rwanda, according to UN experts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DRC Prime Minister Judith Suminwa addresses the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. More than 7,000 people have been killed in fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since last month, Prime Minister Judith Suminwa says, with a \u201csignificant\u201d number of civilians among the dead. 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