On the Frontlines, a video that advocates for the cessation of voluntary recruitment of child soldiers in Eastern DRC, was the first film produced by Ajedi-Ka in collaboration with WITNESS.
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Today, child soldiers are fighting in at least 17 countries around the world. Boys and girls alike are forced into combat, exploited for their labor, and subjected to unspeakable violence....
Rwanda and Congo have announced the arrest in Rwandan territory of Laurent Nkunda, the Congolese Tutsi rebel leader, during a joint military operation on the Great Lakes border.
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Thomas Lubanga, the leader of an armed group in the Democratic Republic of Congo, faces trial over the use of child soldiers, the first case to go before the International Criminal Court in The Hague....
Silence Speaks is an international digital storytelling initiative that provides survivors and witnesses of violence and other forms of trauma with a safe, supportive environment in which to tell thei...