Displaced people seen in a refugee camp on the outskirts of Goma in North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo on February 8, 2024. PHOTO | XINHUA
Escalating violence in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has forced at least about 78,000 children to flee their homes in the past week, with thousands now on the road to Goma, the capital of the eastern province of North Kivu, global charity Save the Children said on Thursday via a statement.
The renewed fighting between the DRC Armed Forces (FARDC) and rebels of the March 23 Movement (M23), a non-state armed group, has displaced at least 150,000 people, more than half of them children, since February 2, 2024.
