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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.

UNHCR says many of the children are sick and in need of urgent assistance amid ongoing fighting in DRC's Kasai region between government and opposition forces that began in August 2016. 

Political unrest is growing, with elections due before the end of this year, after a deal allowing President Joseph Kabila to remain in office was struck last December.

UNHCR's Babar Baloch speaks to Daniel Johnson, listen...

--UNRadio--

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