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DRC: At Least 78,000 Children Displaced and Families Ripped Apart As Fighting Escalates
FAIRFIELD, Conn. – WEBWIRE – Friday, February 9, 2024 Escalating violence in easternDemocratic Republic of Congo (DRC)has forced at least 78,000 children to flee their homes in the past week, with thousands now on the road to Goma, Save the Children said. The renewed fighting between the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) and M23, a non-state armed group, has displaced at least 150,000 people, more than half of them children, since February 2. Parents have reported that many children have been separated in the violence, although the number of lost children is unknown. Families are ... Read more