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Child soldier recruitment up in Congo - Once Again
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Recent fighting in Democratic Republic of Congo has led to a surge in child soldier recruitment, the charity Save the Children says.

Boys and girls are being abducted by armed groups in record numbers to act as soldiers, spies, porters and sex slaves in eastern Congo, the charity said Monday.

Hussein Mursal, the Congo director for the charity, said, "The situation for children in eastern DRC is catastrophic; fighters from all sides are using children as frontline fodder, raping young girls and attacking houses."

Save the Children says it has managed to free about 800 youngsters from the militias in the last year - although some have been captured again.

Those children who have managed to escape have told the aid organization that they were held captive in small holes in the ground.

Fighting in the area escalated at the start of this month, when the army launched a long-planned offensive against dissident general Laurent Nkunda, with the support of UN troops. The fighting has forced tens of thousands of civilians from their homes, adding to an estimated 800,000 displaced people - around half of them displaced by this year's fighting alone.

Source: Reuters, Press TV, Save the Children

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