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Thousands of children flee violence in the DRC
Date: Apr 24, 2017
United Nations (UN) Refugee Agency (UNHCR) says thousands of children have fled a spike in violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in recent weeks and sought refuge in neighbouring Angola to avoid recruitment by militia.
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