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Children at risk in the hands of the FDLR in eastern of Democratic Republic of the Congo

May 29, 2015 Global AuthorChild Soldiers, congo, DRC, FDLR, MONUSCO, rape, Rebels, Rwanda, UN Peacekeepers, Vision-GRAM International, war

By: Joseph H. Cavallaro- Vision GRAM-International May 26, 2015 – In recent weeks, several hundred Congolese children have escaped from armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Though the freeing of children from armed groups is always a cause for celebration, there are still an estimated 30,000 children fighting with armed groups in the DR Congo. The… Read More

Vision-GRAM International visits DRC: Interview with Executive Director Victor Amisi

February 3, 2014 Global AuthorBukavu, Child Soldiers, DRC, Rebel groups, Vision-GRAM International

Vision-GRAM International (Group of action against Marginalization) is an organization of human rights affiliated to project GRAM- Kivu, which works to promote human rights in defending the rights of children and women. The vision of the organization dates from 1996 when the region of the Great Lakes – (Africa), conflicts have plagued the Democratic Republic of Congo and created millions… Read More

The Loss of Innocence

March 8, 2013March 30, 2021 Jennifer FierbergArms Trade Treaty, Child Soldiers, DRC, UN, Vision Gram

By: Jennifer Fierberg The use of child soldiers in combat has gone on for centuries. Not only are boys recruited for various combat tasks girls are also forced into combat situations as cooks, sex slaves, human shields and other demeaning activities. In order to enslave a child in this way they must first be broken down physically, mentally, sexually and… Read More

Stand up for love to stop the use of child soldiers

February 13, 2013March 30, 2021 Jennifer FierbergChild Soldiers, DRC, Red Hand, Vision-GRAM International

By Jennifer Fierberg February 12, 2013, the world recognizes the International Day of child soldiers. Today, Child Soldiers are reported in 21 on-going conflicts around the world. Vision-GRAM International is an organization based in Canada and run by Congolese activists in order to stop the epidemic of children being forced into combat situations and provides them with education instead. Vision… Read More

Congo president calls for arrest of wanted warlord

April 11, 2012 Global AuthorBosco Ntaganda, Child Soldiers, congo, Kabila, Kinshasa, war

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — In a marked turnaround, Congo’s president called Wednesday for the arrest of a notorious ex-warlord and army general, who has been allowed to walk freely despite an international indictment, an official said. Bosco Ntaganda is accused of using child soldiers for fighting in Ituri, in northeastern Congo, from 2002 to 2003. He was first indicted on… Read More

DR Congo’s Lubanga found guilty by ICC

March 14, 2012 Global AuthorChild Soldiers, congo, Guilty verdict, ICC, Thomas Lubanga, UPC

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has found Congolese rebel leader Thomas Lubanga guilty of recruiting and using child soldiers during the final years of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s 1998-2003 war. Lubanga, 51, on Wednesday became the first suspect on whom the Netherlands-based international court has delivered a verdict since it was established a decade ago. The former leader of… Read More

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