Children in eastern Congo learned how to be soldiers instead of the three R's. What is the long-term effect to these children?
DR Congo: “The Worst Place to be a Child”
About one month ago, the ICC began trying former Congolese warlord, Thomas Lubanga, who is accused of forcing children to fight during the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) war that ended in 2003. He is accused of abducting about 30,000 children under the age of 15 and as young as 9, training them to become soldiers and using them as porters and sex slaves. Today, the DRC continues to suffer from violent conflict and has been deemed by many as "the worst place to be a child."
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