Save the Children, the international charity organisation, has called for unrestricted humanitarian access in eastern...
Community members displaced by fighting are seen at a primary school, which is serving as a displacement site in Rutshuru, DRC. © Hugh Kinsella Cunningham / Save the Children
In a statement issued on Wednesday, the organisation said about 120,000 children have been displaced from their homes in the wake of escalating violence in the region this month. Save the Children added that Minova, a town in South Kivu, where it operates through partners, was attacked on Tuesday, with routes out of the town cut off and access for humanitarian aid blocked.The charity organisation said its workers reported that some children were injured while unaccompanied ones were desperately searching for their parents.“Children are getting caught in the crossfire, and time is running out for them.
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