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7,000 killed since January in fighting in DRC, prime minister says

Reuters — Some 7,000 people have died since January in fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), its prime minister told a high-level meeting of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday. Some 450,0000 people are without shelter after 90 displacement camps were destroyed, Judith Suminwa Tuluka added. The M23’s advance is the …

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Egypt Independent February 25, 2025

More than 150 female inmates raped and burned to death during Goma jailbreak in DRC, UN says

CNN — More than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak last week when fleeing male inmates set fire to a prison in Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a United Nations spokesperson has said. UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Seif Magango told CNN that most of the …

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Egypt Independent February 7, 2025