82 Children Freed from Militia in Congo

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According to the United Nations, UN, 82 children have been rescued from an armed group in the Democratic Republic of Congo .

The children, including 13 girls, had been forcibly recruited in the past six months by the Mai Mai Bakata Katanga militia.

Monusco ,the UN's stabilisation mission in DR Congo, said in a statement that the children had been identified and separated from the militia through the concerted efforts of child protection agencies.

Forty of the rescued children have been reunited with their families and the others are said to be receiving care.

Monusco said that since the beginning of the year, 163 children, including 22 girls, have been removed from the militia.