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How child soldiers drink victims’ blood in Congo

written by Taiwo Adediran August 4, 2017
How child soldiers drink victims’ blood in Congo
Child soldiers ready for action

(dpa) Child soldiers in Congo were drinking the blood of their victims in a magic ritual meant to make them invincible, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (OHCHR) warned on Friday.

The Kamuina Nsapu militia, which regularly stages attacks in the central Kasai region, largely used boys and girls as fighters, many of them between the ages of 7 and 13, the report said.

As part of the ritual, groups of girls shook their straw skirts and drank the victims’ blood.

According to the UN, most residents were convinced of the children’s magical powers, which created widespread fear

“This generalised belief … may partly explain why a poorly armed militia, composed to a large extent of children, has been able to resist offensives by a national army for over a year,” the report, which is based on interviews with 96 people who had fled the violence to neighbouring Angola, says.

The refugees also reported that local security forces and other officials actively participated in, fuelled and occasionally led attacks.

The Kasai crisis was sparked by the government’s refusal to grant official status to Jean-Pierre Mpandi, known as Kamuina Nsapu, as one of the region’s traditional chiefs.

Mpandi then mobilized his militia in an uprising against the state’s presence.

After he was killed in August 2016, the violence escalated.

More than 3,000 people have been killed, nearly 1.3 million displaced and about 30,000 have fled to Angola, according to the Catholic Church and the UN.

The UN has identified at least 80 mass graves in the region.

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