Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Africa - Voice of America: Report: Congo Mutiny Using Child Soldiers

Africa - Voice of America
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Report: Congo Mutiny Using Child Soldiers
May 16th 2012, 14:35

NAIROBI -- Human Rights Watch says a renegade general is forcibly recruiting child soldiers to support his mutiny in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo. HRW's new report says at least 149 boys and young men between the ages of 12 and 20 have been forcibly recruited to fight alongside soldiers loyal to Bosco Ntaganda, a former rebel leader who is already wanted by the International Criminal Court for recruiting children as a deputy commander in the Union of Congolese ...

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