UNICEF: Violence against children is rampant in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

  The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has announced that acts of violence against children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are very extreme. UNICEF citing the example of twin children who were recently found tied with a belt with bombs around their waists so that anyone who tries to open it can explode and cause a disaster has emphasized that violence against children is too extreme in the country. Grant Leaity, the representative of UNICEF in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has noted that he recently visited a center in North Kivu province that shelters children released by armed groups and found two one-year-old twins who were abandoned in a village with a belt around their waists. with bombs.

He has said that the act is one of the acts of violence against children in the DRC and that it is a country with major incidents of violence against children confirmed by the United Nations. Over the course of a year, the escalation of violence in eastern DRC has led to the largest displacement in Africa, with more than 2.8 million children bearing the brunt of the disaster. The UNICEF representative added that the use of improvised explosive devices is increasing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and thus UNICEF is calling for action to end the conflict and for families to return home. About 1.2 million children under the age of five are suffering from severe malnutrition in the region.