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REUTERS PICTURES: Child soldiers in Congo
23 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Children train with militias near Bunia, their faces saying more than their voices are allowed.


 

A child soldier rests his weapon on his shoulder during traditional Mai Mai militia training in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern town of Malindi on December 13, 2003. REUTERS/ Finbarr O' Reilly
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Child soldiers drill with weapons in an ethnic Hema militia camp near Bunia in the Democratic Republic of Congo, June 16, 2003. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen
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Child soldiers take a rest as they wait for instructions in an ethnic Hema militia camp near Bunia in the Democratic Republic of Congo, June 16, 2003. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen
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A Child soldier with his machine gun patrols an ethnic Hema militia camp near Bunia in the Democratic Republic of Congo, June 16, 2003. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen PP03060045
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A child soldier holds ammunition for his machine gun in an ethnic Hema militia camp near Bunia in the Democratic Republic of Congo, June 16, 2003. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen PP03060045
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Child soldiers with weapons wait for instructions in an ethnic Hema militia camp near Bunia in the Democratic Republic of Congo, June 16, 2003. REUTERS/Antony Njuguna
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A child soldier carrying a mashine gun patrols an ethnic Hema militia camp near Bunia in the Democratic Republic of Congo, June 16, 2003. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen PP03060045
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Child soldiers with machine guns wait for instructions in an ethnic Hema militia camp near Bunia in the Democratic Republic of Congo, June 16, 2003. REUTERS/Antony Njuguna PP03060045
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Child soldiers holding machines guns look out from a window in an ethnic Hema militia camp near Bunia in the Democratic Republic of Congo June 15, 2003. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen
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Traditional Mai Mai militia youths patrol the eastern Congolese town of Fizi as part of a new unified national army, forged under a peace deal aimed at ending five years of conflict in the vast central African nation, December 12, 2003. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly
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A child soldier practices with a machine gun in an ethnic Hema militia camp near Bunia in the Democratic Republic of Congo, June 15, 2003. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen
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A child soldier takes a rest in an ethnic Hema militia camp near Bunia in the Democratic Republic of Congo, June 16, 2003. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen PP03060045
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