The Democratic Republic of Congo Has Humanitarian Crises Leaving Millions of Children In Danger
In this reported piece, journalist Nick Turse traveled to cover the ongoing conflicts and humanitarian crises in the Democratic Republic of Congo that have left more than two million children malnourished. This article was reported in partnership with the Investigative Fund at the Nation Institute.
Nick Turse
Nov 14, 2018 7:00AM EST
The men came screaming out of the darkness, some firing AK-47s, most wielding bows and arrows or razor-sharp machetes. They had laid waste to a nearby village hours earlier and were now doing the same to Tche, a rural community in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The terrible, undulating war whoops of the attackers were soon joined by sharp shrieks of women pierced by arrows and the cries of men being killed with pangas.
Nyine Richard tossed his three-and-a-half-year-old son on his back, grabbed some belongings and dashed into the darkness with his wife and three other children. Lotsove Matutina was carrying their youngest and their two-year-old girl, Rochelle.
Four men overtook Nyine, cornering him. He could see their faces and knew them all by name. They were ethnic Lendus. He is from the minority Hema community.
Read more at: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/democratic-republic-of-congo-has-humanitarian-crises-leaving-millions-of-children-in-danger
The Nation Institute is associated with the magazine by the same name but this article appears innocuous and aimed at young readers.
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