(Reuters) – Children in conflict-ravaged central Democratic Republic of Congo are suffering “terrible acts of abuse,” having been forced into armed groups, drugged and dragged into violence, the United Nations said Monday, warning that their plight was rapidly worsening. Fighting between the army and a local militia in the Kasai region has uprooted more than 1.4 million people over the past year, including 850,000 children who are bearing the brunt of the violence, according to the U.N. children’s agency (UNICEF).
Drugged and Dragged into Conflict, Congolese Children Suffer ‘Terrible Abuse’
New York, NY 10168
watchlist@watchlist.org
Watchlist is a fiscally sponsored project of United Charitable, a US-based 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization.
