(UNICEF DRC) – Since August 2016, the region of Tanganyika, covering about 500.000 km2, has been the scene of confrontations between two communities: the Twa (Pygmies) and the Luba (Bantu). Besides the political and economic devastating consequences, this intercommunity conflict has been harshly affecting children’s schooling. Furthermore, the children – boys and girls – have been actively participating in the fights. According to Nyunzu DCJP (Diocesan Commission for Justice and Peace), over 175 children were forced to drop out of school, enrolled in these two self-defence militias as soldiers to defend their villages and their cultural identities.
Rose, a child in a militia in Tanganyika
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