DRC: Recruitment of child soldiers rising

KINSHASA Tuesday, November 11, 2008 (IRIN) - As fighting continues in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), child recruitment by rebels in the combat zones has been reported, UN and human rights activists have said. "Thirty-seven children were recruited in Rutshuru [north of Goma] two weeks ago," Jaya Murthy, spokesman for the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), told IRIN. Children separated from their families were more at risk, he said. The boys were forced to fight while the girls...