In Congo, sorcery charges plague youths
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KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo -- Naomi Ewowo had just lost her parents when her family branded her a witch. She was 5.
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HUAMBO, Angola -- Manuel Faustino Gomes, 15, lost both his parents during Angola's long civil war and spent years as a child of the streets, scrambling to survive in this battered city.
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The case of the youngest detainee at GuantÃ¡namo Bay has implications as large as the growing ranks of child soldiers worldwide.
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Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court filed their first indictment Monday, charging a former Congolese warlord for allegedly abducting and recruiting children as young as 10 to fight in Congo's brutal civil war.
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It is an old trick -- and one that has  been used by Congolese musicians and soccer players in the past  -- but it still angered many back home.
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More kids appear to be playing a risky game that can lead to accidental strangulation.
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VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK, Congo -- They heard the gunshots around 3 p.m., at least two pops that echoed across the green mountains of this vast park tangled up in vines, fallen trees and years of war.
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Recent fighting in eastern DR Congo has led to a surge in child abductions by armed groups, a charity says.
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MUGUNGA, Democratic Republic of Congo -- When he dreams, the Pygmy chief Byeragi Ngenderezi dreams of having basic things: a good plastic tarp, some decent fishing nets, perhaps a few garden hoes. When he dreams big, he envisions a life altogether different from the one his ancestors have lived for thousands of years in the equatorial forests of Congo.
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ABECHE, Chad  - Chad's authorities brought abduction and fraud charges on Tuesday against nine French and seven Spanish nationals it accused of illegally trying to fly 103 African children to Europe.
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Fighting in eastern Congo this month has led to a surge in child abductions by armed groups who force minors to fight, carry ammunition or become their sex slaves, Save the Children said on Monday.
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Gangs of youths armed with machetes and clubs fought running battles with police on Sunday and burned tribal rivals alive in their homes in western Kenya, pushing the death toll from a month of escalating ethnic violence to nearly 800.
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KOLWEZI, Congo  - Amid rusted hulks of abandoned plants and huge mine craters, Congo's former top copper town Kolwezi is showing signs of a reawakening.
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The International Criminal Court ruled Monday that Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, charged with recruiting child soldiers as young as 10 and sending them into battle, will be the first defendant to face trial at the newly established court.
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Sixteen Europeans being held in Chad after a charity tried to fly more than 100 children from the central African nation to France may face charges, a Chadian minister said Saturday.
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A massacre in Gatumba refugee camp in the small east African country of Burundi on Friday, August 13th has resulted in at least 164 Congolese dead, 107 injured, and a completely leveled and destroyed camp, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) reported today.
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This industrial city is reeling after learning that at least 63 children have contracted AIDS through medical negligence many blame on corruption and the illicit sale of blood.