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KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - A warlord in eastern Congo is recruiting child soldiers in violation of international law, U.N. and government officials said Wednesday.
Nephtali Nkizinkiko, a deputy in Congo's national assembly, said that forces loyal to former army general Laurent Nkunda raided 10 secondary schools and four primary schools in the past week "where they took the children by force in order to make them join their ranks."
The U.N. has also confirmed that children are being recruited by different armed groups, "especially by the rebel forces of warlord Laurent Nkunda," said Michel Bonnardeaux, a spokesman for the U.N. Mission in Congo.
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