DR Congo child soldiers surrender arms and amulets

In DR Congo, former child soldiers who turn themselves in are sent to centres run by UNICEF which help reintegrate them them back into society. [AFP]

"For me, the war is now over." If words alone carry weight, there are hopes that a brutal conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo may draw to an end.

The words were spoken by Mado, a hard-eyed child fighter all of 12-years-old from the deeply-feared Kamuina Nsapu militia in central Kasai region.