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Disillusioned: Former combatants play a game of checkers at the Mubambiro camp in the DRC. (Guerchom Ndebo/AFP)
BAHATI SAFARI

The DRC’s surrendered rebels are left in limbo

Former Democratic Republic of the Congo militia fighters housed in sordid conditions, such as at camp Mubambiro, are protesting their living conditions

  • Heritier Baraka Munyampfura
4 min read
New life: Former child soldier Joseph Bisole, 27, now combats illegal charcoal production for the World Wildlife Fund. Photo: Alexis Huguet/AFP
CAJED

DRC’s former child soldiers face tough return to civilian life

Many of the former child combatants are overwhelmed by the horrors they have witnessed in a part of the country that has been ravaged by violence for more than 25 years

  • Heritier Baraka Munyampfura
  • Annie Thomas
  • Ricky Ombeni
5 min read