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The militia abducted and conscripted children from homes, schools and football fields, prosecutors said
Simon Maina
A Union of Congolese Patriots child soldier walks through the market in Iga Barriere in the Ituri region of Democratic Republic of Congo in October 2003. The International Criminal Court on Wednesday convicted Congolese militia boss Thomas Lubanga of war crimes for using children in the rebel army, in the tribunal's first ever verdict.