DR Congo province in push to save child soldiers

BUNIA: Desperate to save children from being used as soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, residents of the notorious “Triangle of Death” have taken matters into their own hands, launching the first wide-scale campaign to end the practice in the remote and volatile region.

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BUNIA: Desperate to save children from being used as soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, residents of the notorious “Triangle of Death” have taken matters into their own hands, launching the first wide-scale campaign to end the practice in the remote and volatile region.

The United Nations has several ongoing efforts to stop the enlistment of children in the troubled country but this is the first grassroots campaign in the southeastern Katanga province.Launched on April 1, the initiative led by Congolese non-governmental organisation Action Against Poverty (ACP) targets children, the broader population and the armed movements themselves. To keep reading please click here.