Witness 'trained child soldiers'
The International Criminal Court in The Hague has heard from a man who says he trained children to use Kalashnikovs for DR Congo warlord Thomas Lubanga.
The unnamed former militia fighter was giving evidence at Mr Lubanga's trial for war crimes allegedly committed during the five-year civil conflict.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7861892.stm
Thomas Lubanga is the leader of the Union of Congolese Patriots, an ethnic Hema militia. He is accused of recruiting children under 15 as soldiers. He was arrested in Kinshasa in March 2005. He is held by the ICC at The Hague since 2006. He was born in 1960 and has a degree in psychology. (BBC)
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