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Over 7,000 Killed In Eastern DR Congo Since January: PM

The DR Congo's Prime Minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka spoke at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva (Credit: 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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