Congo: Children displaced by violence recruited as soldiers
THE spectre of a new army of child-soldiers being raised in
Africa is looming, the charity World Vision has warned.
An uprising in April in the east of the Democratic Republic of
Congo (DRC) has resulted in fierce battles between government
forces and a new rebel group known as M23, which the United Nations
says is backed by neighbouring Rwanda.
Up to 320,000 people have been displaced by the fighting, the UN
says, and now reports are circulating that groups are arming ...
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