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Ex-child soldiers launch network to help kids

africa
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27830082/
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Three former child soldiers from Africa announced the launch of a new U.N.-backed advocacy group to help other kids escape and heal from war.The...
child soldier

UGANDA: Geoffrey: "After eight years as a child soldier, all I want is to forget the past"

africa » uganda
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81465
Saturday, November 22, 2008
GULU Friday, November 14, 2008 (IRIN) - Geoffrey (not his real name) was 10 years old when the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) abducted him as he walked...
geoffrey, child soldier, irin geoffrey, lords, school, democratic republic, congo drc, abducted

Young conflict survivors launch network for children caught in war

africa
http://www.unicef.org/media/media_46474.html
Friday, November 21, 2008
“We, a group of former child soldiers and survivors of armed conflict in different capacities, are pleased to announce today the launch of the...
child soldier

ICC postpones Lubanga's case to January

africa » dem rep congo » kinshasa
http://www.afrol.com/articles/31724
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
International criminal court has today extended Congolese war crimes suspect, Thomas Lubanga stay behind bars until 26 January when his trial will...
child soldier, trial
DRC: Recruitment of child sold...

DRC: Recruitment of child soldiers rising

africa » dem rep congo » rutshuru
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
As fighting continues in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), child recruitment by rebels in the combat zones has been reported, UN...
child soldier, recruitment, children, soldier
Schoolchildren seized as armed...

Schoolchildren seized as armed groups in DR Congo recruit child soldiers

africa » dem rep congo » shasha
Friday, November 07, 2008
Armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have attacked a school in a bid to recruit child soldiers. Save the Children knows of two...
child soldier, recruitment, kidnapping, abduction
DRC: Pacifying Ituri: Achievem...

DRC: Pacifying Ituri: Achievements and challenges ahead

africa » dem rep congo » bunia
Thursday, July 10, 2008
The pacification of Ituri, a region in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) badly affected by conflict, has been a long and arduous...
pacification, disarmement, child soldier
CHAD: Child soldiers forcibly ...

CHAD: Child soldiers forcibly mobilised not demobilised

africa » chad » ndjamena
IRIN
Friday, December 28, 2007
A UN programme to demobilise hundreds of child soldiers in Chad has been on hold since November following the resurgence of fighting between the army...
child soldier, children, human rights, rebels, unicef

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