‘I want to study, not to kill. I’d like to see the Congo at peace, not war’

JUST a few weeks ago, Joseph fled a militia group after living and fighting in the bush with them for a year.

The 13-year-old recalls his first killing, the reward ambitious soldiers got after battles but he also remembers the decision he took that ultimately changed the course of his life forever.

Lacking money for his school fees, Joseph signed up with a local armed group called PARECO.