Tuesday, July 25, 2006

WAR IN CONGO KILLING 600 CHILDREN PER DAY

By Sarah Ball
The Associated Press
Posted July 25 2006


LONDON · More than 600 children die every day in war-ravaged Congo and even more are displaced, sexually abused or swept into the camps of combatant groups, a UNICEF report said Monday.

The report appears less than a week before the country's first democratic elections in more than 40 years, which UNICEF ambassador Martin Bell said could offer some hope to the country's child victims.



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