Refugees who fled violence in Ituri, DRC, face disease and privation in Uganda

Field newsRefugees who fled violence in Ituri, DRC, face disease and privation in UgandaApril 05, 2018The attackers wore masks and used axes, machetes, and guns to slaughter civilians in the strife-torn Ituri province of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), says Areiti, a mother of seven children.   The morning the violence came to her village of Joo, she had no time to prepare her family ’s escape. “I saw how they were killing people,” the 37-year-old says. “They cut people with axes and they slaughter with machetes. You cannot see them clearly because they are running after you. They attacked our village before Christmas, and we spent Christmas in the bush.”
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