UNICEF: 400,000 children on ‘verge’ of death in the DRC

The UN’s children’s agency calls for $88m of aid to address the ongoing crisis in Congo’s Kasai region.

• AlJazeera

Up to 400,000 children are at risk of starving to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo unless humanitarian aid efforts are ramped up, the UN’s children’s agency has warned.

Fighting between government forces and regional militia in the Congo’s central Kasai province has created a “perfect storm of poverty, deprivation and conflict for the most vulnerable children”, UNICEFsaid in a…

It called for urgent action to stop the…

• UNICEF: 400,000 children…