Democratic Republic of Congo – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) revealed that more than 46,000 children are on the run because of violence between two ethnic groups in the eastern part of the country.
Unicef says it has recorded at least 76 killings – mostly of women and children – since violence broke out between the Hema and Lendu groups.
The organisation said more than 70 villages had been burnt down, with three health centres and seven schools attacked and looted since December.
However, Governor Abdallah Pene Mbaka of the north-eastern Ituri province, has denied that so many people had been killed.
He told news agency AFP that “people need to do some work first… to avoid sensational news”.
“I fear that the humanitarian workers have fallen into facile ways.”
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