With the Mai Mai fighters. A children army

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An army of children. Between the Mai-Mai guerrillas
The province of Katanga is one of the 11 provinces of the DRC. It is located southeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo and is bordered to the north by the provinces of Maniema and South Kivu, Kasai with 2 north-west, Tanzania to the east, Zambia to the south-east and with ' Angola in the southwest. It is a province rich in natural resources, diamonds, gold, uranium, copper and more and for this perhaps lies in a war continues for decades.
At the heart of Katanga between Dubie, Manono and Malemba Nkulu is the so-called "triangle of death" where it is recorded from the middle of 2005 recrudesenza of military operations that have opposed the government forces (FARDC) with the Maï-Maï militia conducted by "Gedeon". Many villages were destroyed and burnt by the militia, causing a major problem of displaced persons. More than 150 000 people have abandoned their homes and their villages because of the conflict. Rapes, murder, mutilation acts of cannibalism, have become daily practice in this area plagued by guerrilla warfare.
The Mai Mai militia recruitment among their ranks that many children are forced to commit the most atrocious violence. On 16 May 2006, the head never ever "Gedeon" was surrendered with his army and was handed over to UN forces in the field of Mitwaba after about 15 days of negotiations.
Have now initiated action for the recovery and reintegration of child soldiers, many that incorporate the ranks of the rebels.

The Mai Mai guerrillas practicing animist rituals and cannibalism. They have the body covered with gri gri (amulets) that according to their beliefs make them invincible and invisible. While a primary Mitwaba the Mai Mai has surrendered to the forces of the United Nations, in other neighboring areas other leaders continue to Recrutare children to reinforce their army.

The Mitwaba area where they were taken pictures for the moment is reached by flights of United Nations or by the means of some NGOs working in the area, the movements are very difficult and almost taxation in rainy season.
News Briefs on the Democratic Republic of Congo
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with the capital Kinshasa, is, in relation to its area (2.3 million sq km), the third African country and, in relation to one of the most populated (approximately 56 million inhabitants, 2004 data). State subsahariano, Congo Kinshasa is located in the center-south of the continent and its borders are shared with 9 other countries. On the administrative level, the DRC is divided into 11 provinces: Bandundu, Bas-Congo, Equateur, Kasai Occidental, Kasai Oriental, Katanga, Kinshasa (the capital), and Eastern (in the region of Kivu): Maniema, North Kivu and South Kivu .
Since 2001 after taking the presidency from Joseph Kabila, who succeeded his father Laurent-Désiré Kabylia, DRC began a gradual policy of international openness.
The last ten years have seen the course on Congolese territory of the first international African war that is estimated, has registered some 4 million lives and, according to FAO sources, it is estimated that about 1200 people still die every day because of violence, disease and malnutrition.
More than 1.7 million people are displaced, and many have returned to their home communities only recently and are trying to put up their homes and their livelihoods.