Armed groups take sex slaves

ARMED groups in eastern Congo are kidnapping children as young as 14 and forcing them into sex slavery for soldiers living in the bush.

Often the young girls are abandoned in the middle of forests after being used for their bodies but sometimes they are shot, according to charity, Save the Children.

Rescued teenage girls as well as male child soldiers are now being diagnosed with sexually transmitted diseases, including syphilis, gonorrhea as well as HIV.