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GOMA, DRC March 21st 2005 An sdolescent female under the age of 18 who was taken as a 'wife' by a commander while in a militia is seen through a curtain as she visits the local hospital to be checked for STDs. With the new program of 'Brassage' in…

An 11 year old boy, recently de-mobilised, sits in the dormitory of the CTO run by Unicef in Goma, DR Congo. He has told a Unicef staff memeber the circumstances of his life in a local militia.

Militia men head home from the Bunia Demobilization Camp on March 29, 2005. Story Header, De-mobilization of Militias in Eastern Congo MONUC (the United Nations Peace Keeping Mission to the Congo) has given militias in the embattled Eastern…

GOMA, DRC March 21st 2005 64 adolescents under the age of 18 are driven from the FARDC military camp in Moushaki about 15km from Goma to a new Centre de transit et Orientation in Goma. With the new program of 'Brassage' in the military forces, where…

Bunia, 29th March 2005 Militia men and child soldiers must receive iris scans in order to prevent them from receiving more than one monetary settlement in the demobilization program. Story Header, De-mobilization of Militias in Eastern Congo MONUC…

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Militia men and child soldiers arrive on mass to the Morrocan run UN Camp to hand in their weapons and register in the Demobilization program. Bunia DRC, March 29, 2005. Story Header, De-mobilization of Militias in Eastern Congo MONUC (the United…

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Militia men arrive on mass to the Morrocan run UN Camp to hand in their weapons and register in the Demobilization program. Bunia DRC, March 29, 2005. Story Header, De-mobilization of Militias in Eastern Congo MONUC (the United Nations Peace Keeping…

Fighters of various militia groups in Ituri Province turn in their weapons as part of a demobilisation program sponsored by the United Nations. This man sports a US $100 bill pattern shirt. The United Nations has given a deadline of April 1st for the…