Almost 3,000 people killed in Democratic Republic of the Congo fighting Almost 3,000 people have been killed in fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN has said.
Vivian van de Perre, a senior UN official based in the city of Goma, said the "escalating violence" in the area has "led to immense human suffering, displacement, and a growing humanitarian crisis".
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But Rwanda's government has framed the conflict as the defence of ethnic Tutsis in eastern DRC from ethnic Hutu forces linked to the genocide in Rwanda three decades ago that killed some 800,000 Tutsis, moderate Hutus and others.
Ms van de Perre said there is huge pressure on water, food, shelter and sanitation and conditions are "really, really dire".
