Thousands of children displaced in eastern DR Congo

Thousands of children displaced in eastern DR Congo – UN

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 31, 2022 8:05 pm

Kinshasa, DR Congo: Thousands of children have been forced to flee their homes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where security forces are battling M23 rebels, the UN's children's agency said Saturday (Sunday in Manila).

Since March, 'more than 190,000 people, half of them children, have been forced to leave their villages in the Rutshuru and Nyiragongo areas,' UNICEF said in a statement.

Displaced people are seen in Kibumba, North Kivu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on May 26, 2022. XINHUA PHOTO

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