Schoolboy tells of being forced into Congo army

A former child soldier told a war crimes hearing today how he was snatched off the street and sent to a military camp.

Schoolboy tells of being forced into Congo army

A former child soldier told a war crimes hearing today how he was snatched off the street and sent to a military camp.

The un-named boy, who was 10 or 11 at the time, was the first witness at the trial of Congo warlord Thomas Lubanga.

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