About 14.2 million children in need of humanitarian assistance in DR Congo: charity

KINSHASA, June 13 (Xinhua) -- About 14.2 million children are in need of humanitarian assistance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to an international charity.

As the conflict has been raging in parts of the country for nearly three decades, with children paying the heaviest price, more than 26.4 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance in the DRC, or about one in every four people, including 14.2 million children, said Save the Children in a statement issued Tuesday.