Goma families terrorised by wave of child abductions
By France 24
26 April 2018 |
3:44 pm
Child abductions have been commonplace in the Democratic Republic of Congo for years. Already in 2007, the charity Save the Children labelled the situation “catastrophic”, yet in recent months, things have worsened.
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