text: [{"text_idx": "#000004", "text": "Increased explosives use is part of escalating violence against children in eastern Congo. (AFP pic)"}, {"text_idx": "#000005", "text": "GOMA: Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo strapped explosive belts around baby twin girls as a booby trap for security forces \u2013 just one incident in a surge in violence against children there, the United Nations said today."}, {"text_idx": "#000006", "text": "The two girls, aged one year old, were found in a village in north Kivu, a region where a militant group known as the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) has stepped up bomb attacks, the Unicef children\u2019s agency said."}, {"text_idx": "#000009", "text": "The increased use of improvised explosive devices was just one of several \u201cdepraved trends\u201d as violence against children reaches unprecedented levels in the eastern part of Congo, he said."}, {"text_idx": "#000010", "text": "\u201cOn a daily basis, children are being raped and killed. They are being abducted, recruited, and used by armed groups \u2013 and we know the reports we have are only the tip of the iceberg,\u201d he said."}, {"text_idx": "#000011", "text": "The violence in Congo has caused one of the world\u2019s worst and longest-running humanitarian emergencies, with more than 27 million people facing food shortages, and nearly 5.5 million forced to flee their homes, according to the UN."}, {"text_idx": "#000012", "text": "More than 2.8 million children are bearing the brunt of the crisis."}, {"text_idx": "#000013", "text": "The twin sisters, who have not been identified, are now recovering from malnutrition at a UN centre before being placed in foster care."}, {"text_idx": "#000014", "text": "Their parents had been killed in an attack believed to have been carried out by the ADF."}]