Growing up in war - the DRC's child soldiers

Pictured is a  boy at  the age of 11-years-old when he became a child soldier with an armed group. photo: guy oliver©/IRIN

(IRIN) KIWANJA (NORTH KIVU PROVINCE), April1, 2014  - When he was seven Dikembe Muamba* became a soldier on the orders of his uncle, a chief in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) North Kivu Province.