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Former child soldier testifies against warlord Lubanga
Former child soldier testifies against warlord Lubanga
A former child soldier became the first witness in Congolese rebel leader Thomas Lubanga's trial, and the first ever before judges of the International Criminal Court. Lubanga faces charges of enlisting hundreds of children in DR Congo's war.

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The 48-year-old militiaman is accused of recruiting hundreds of children under the age of 15 to fight for his Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC) during the five-year civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which ended in 2003.
   
Humanitarian groups say inter-ethnic fighting and violence involving militia groups in the eastern Ituri region -- centred on control over one of the world's most lucrative gold-mining territories -- has claimed some 60,000 lives since 1999 and created hundreds of thousands of refugees.

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