Families in DR Congo Tell Stories of Escaping Escalating Fighting

On Fév 29, 2024

Just 20km from Goma, capital of North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, fighting is raging over the town of Sake. Escalating violence is forcing people to move, worsening their already dire situation. Here is the story of two families displaced by the ongoing violence.

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