A singular trial

Johnny Mad-Dog. The film was done in Monrovia (Liberia). Johnny is a bad child soldier. How many people has he murdered during liberia civil war? He couldn't answer to such a question. But at the last, Johnny has been betrayed by his friends. His trial is no more long, he is going to be killed.

EYES OF THE DEAF

Here we are in Birmania. Boys and girls are mingled at the same area with the same staut: chldren soldiers. No, they are not playing, because weapons are not as nounous with what they use to play. They are being preparing for fighting in the national army. Their childhood is away! they are the new protctors of Birmania. (amidou)

WITNESSES OF OUR HISTORIES

They are russians childs.

during the second world war

they were presents, officialy

encouraged by the

governement.

He is from USA, he has taken part to the

US civil war. In his face, it is written that

children are the first witnesses of alla our

war.

amidou

A SELFISH LOOK

Do you think that this boy is happy? Surely he is obliged. But is the new regard of children from Darfour.

WHEN CHILDHOOD STOPPED AT ITS FIRST SIDE

What was his name? It not important anymore, because...of that his face shows. But I know that he was from Srilanka...that all.

The young and handsome boy has just lost his young soul, as a flower in the fire, dead as a child soldier with a weapon in his hands. But who is going to take care of such an unknown deaf? A child soldier at his deaf place, is considered as an animal on the street. Here he is at the end of the beginning of his adventure, because life is an wonderfull adventure, but to see that it is delicious we should be alive.

amidou

ANOTHER LOOK OF A CHILDOOD

Very original of being young. Even if it can be frightening enough, but I love them in that mood, because they show clearly that they are alive; and also, the nature and its marvellous coulors appear on their innocent faces. Children soldiers are no time to play...peace and love!
amidou

WEAPON'S SAUCISSE !!!!

ADJID is from Brimania. But is it immaginable that he should be seen in such position? Look at him very carefully, it seems that he is looking at his soul going away in the atmosphere. Here he is going to die surely, because firstable, he can't carry his weapon.

FLOWERS ARE DYING

It is happening somewhere in the globe, such handsome flowers are dying! Look at them, they are so ugly!

IT APPEARS AS A COMMON BEHAVIOUR

THE COUNTRIES WHERE CHILDREN ARE STILL IN DANGER.
Afghanistan - Armed factionsBurAundi - (FAB) Burundi national Forces - National Forces concil for Defense of Democraty,(CNDD/FDD) a) Pierre Nkurunzizaa’s faction b) Jean Bosco Ndayikengurukiyea’s faction - Hutu Liberation Party a) Agaton Rwasa’s faction b) Alain Mugabarabona’s faction
Côte d’Ivoire - Natioanal Armed Forces (FANCI) - Mouvement for Justice and Peace (MPJ) - Popular Mouvement for the Great West (MPIGO) - patriotic Mouvement of Côte d’Ivoire (MPCI)
République démocratique du Congo - Forces armées congolaises (FAC) - Rassemblement congolais pour la démocratie – Goma (RCD/G)- Forces de défense locale liées au RCD/G - Mouvement national de libération du Congo (MLC) - Rassemblement congolais pour la démocratie – Kisangani/Mouvement de libération (RCD-K/ML) - Rassemblement congolais pour la démocratie – National (RCD-N) - Milices hema : a) Union des patriotes congolais (UPC) b) Parti pour l’unité et la sauvegarde du Congo (PUSIC) - Milices lendu/ngiti : a) Front nationaliste et intégrationaliste (FNI) (Lendu) b) Front populaire pour la réconciliation de l’Ituri (FPRI) (Ngiti) - Forces armées populaires congolaises (FAPC) - Maï-Maï - Mudundu-40a - Forces de Masunzu - Ex-Forces armées rwandaises (ex-FAR) et Interahamwe
Libéria - Liberian Armed Forces (AFL) - Lierians United for Reconciliation and Democratie (LURD) - Mouvement for Democratie in Liberia (MODEL)
Somalia - Governement of transition - Union of Djouba region - Reconciliation and Progres in Somalia - Armée de résistance Rahanwein (ARR)
Républic of Tchetchenie - Tchetcheni revolted Groupes
Colombie - Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC) - Autodefensas Unidas del Sur del Casanare (AUSC) - Autodefensas Campesinas de Córdoba y Uraba (ACCU) - Autodefensas de Magdalena Medio (ACMM) - Autodefensas del Metaa - Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) - Ejercito de Liberación Nacional (ELN)
Myanmar (Birmanie) - Tatmadaw Kyi ( gouvernemental Army) -National Union of Karens (UNK) - National Liberation Army karenni (ALNK)
Népal - Nepalese Communist Party (PCN – maoïst tendancy)
Irlande du Nord - Paramilitary Groupes
Philippines New Popular Army (NPA) - Front de libération Islamic Front of Liberation of Moro (MILF) - Front de libération National Front of Liberation of Moro (MNLF) - Abou Sayyaf’ front
Sri Lanka - Tigres de libération de l’Eelam tamoul (LTTE)
Soudan - South Soudanese Mouvement of Liberation– milices in alliance with the Governement(MUSS) - Pular Army of Liberation of Soudan (MPLS/APLS)Ouganda - Ouganda Popular Army of Defense (FDPU)
- Seigneur’s Army of resistance (LRA)Other countries where we find children soldiers : Algérie, Azerbaïdjan, Bangladesh, Cambodge, Érythrée, Éthiopie, Îles Salomon, Inde (Andhra Pradesh, Cachemire), Iran, Irak, Israël et Territoires occupés, Liban, Liberia, Mexique, Ouzbékistan, Palestine, Pakistan, Papouasie Nouvelle Guinée, Paraguay, Pérou, Rwanda, Tadjikistan, Tchad, Timor oriental, Turquie. (sources : Amnesty International, ONU and www.child-soldiers.org)

GOD ABANDONED AFRICAN CHILDREN

I have published this fiction last year. It is about the back ground of a child soldier named BIRAHIMA. Back from Liberia and Sierra leone, where I has taken part to the wars, he was living quietly in his village in Côte d'Ivoire when a tribal war began in september 2002. He would like to participate to the strugle in his own country, but his heart told him that it was too late. Fanta, a beautiful girl, that he loved too much, was opposed to his returning back in the children soldiers' s cercle. But love is stronger than every thing else....

(amidou)

OUR SHAMFUL STORY

Is God right everywhere and at any time? I still doubt. If so, why does He sind such a danger to guide a republic? But this one was said to be democraticaly elected in his country. There is our democraty on its head! But now his victims are crying, all their hope is to see him definitivly condamned.

amidou

CHARLES TAYLOR, from LIBERIA

PAYING FOR THEIR CRIMES

Agence France-PresseLa Haye
The trial of the former war chief, Thomas Lubanga (RDC), is the first at CPI (Cour Pénale Internationale). The great accusation against this rebel concerns his crimes of war and the recruitment of children as soldiers. ‘’It’s the first trial of such accusation, but it will be a good example to make the dealers disappointed all over the world'', said Héloïse Ruaudel, journalist specialised of Grands Lacs.

THOMAS LUBANGA

Milician chief in Bunia

(RDC)

WHAT I AM DOING HERE ???

SIERRA LEONE 1996, THE REBELS GUIDED BY FODAY SANKOH ARE PURCHASING TEJAN KABBAH, THE PRESIDENT DEMOCRATICALY ELECTED. AT BOTH SIDE, CHILDREN ARE DESIRED AS A GREAT HELP. BUT THOUSANDS OF THEM WILL ABANDONNE THEIR LIFE HERE, IN THE FOREST.

Disapointed, the child asks himself about his futur.

Commentaire: amidou

Photo: UNICEF

BROKEN DREAMS

He is too young, very handsome, Rodrigo is a colombian child. But even not a teenager yet, he has been kidnaped by some FARC elements and taken to yhe jungle. At his arrival, they gave him a gun, and now he is a worrior. What a pity! To encourage him, they gave him drugs for his smokings, and told him that he was called in the jungle to liberate his country from its anti democratic system. But, at this time, Rodrigo's friends are going to school.

Commentaire: amidou
Photo:UNICEF

THIS POETRY OF THE LIFE !!!

THIS BLACK CHILD DOESN'T NEED A KALACH AT THAT AGE, PLEASE!!! (amidou)

A HORRIBLE WORLD!!!

THIS IS THE REAL RED FACE OF OUR WORLD ABOUT CHILDREN. ALL OVER THE WORLD, CHILDREN ARE BURNING. IT SEEMS THAT THEY ARE THE GENUINE PROTECTORS OF OUR LIFE. IF NOT, HOW TO EXPLAIN SUCH A PHENOMENON?

(amidou)

PHOTO, (AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL)

BORN IN THE VIOLENCE

Here we are in RDC (République Démocratique du Congo).
They are too young, about only 3, 4 years, not more. But very early every morning, they wake up and get out with they wooden ''kalach''. They find their occupation too normal, because they use to seen they fathers, brothers and sisters strugling and killing in the road. They are the marvelous heros. Then it appears normal to imitate the heros. But imagine their life at their teenager's days. That is their first meeting in the violnce.
SOURCE: HCR -RDC.

BORN BETWEEN REBELS AND GOVERMENT

Born between Charles Taylor and his rebels, John, a liberian child, becomed a soldier only at his 6 years. One morning, he and his friends were playing on the grund, when rebels arrived, killed their parents and took them away. Since this day, he comed a child soldier. In the army, his duty was to get first in the danger before their chefs inter. This maner was just to see if there weren't any danger in.
(Commentaire, amidou)
(Source, photo, unesco)

AS A DREAM

As a dream, but it is true! He has only 6 years, and his senior brother is 8 years old. They are from a same mother and father, they live in Bucavu (RDC). They have been taken together in order to protect their father's land. At this age they are conscious that it is their responsability to defend their republic. Soldiers at this stage of their life! But after the strugle, what will be their place in their big Congo.

(Amidou),

NB: photos are from UNICEF

BORN FOR GUNS AND FIRE !!!

They are somme 300 000 children-soldiers all over the world. But than 120 000 of them are from Africa (Burundi, République démocratique du Congo, Liberia, Soudan, Sierra Leone, Somalie, Angola, Rwanda, Ouganda, Côte d'Ivoire). Tuesday, the 1th june, Arte TV has an exceptionnel Thema on this subject, named « Children of road, children of wars». The occasion was so great to see the execellent film of François Margolin, a french realisator: ''Small soldiers'' sponsored by Unicef during its propaganda in Liberia from october 2003 to january 2004. The film resumes 14 years of war in this country in witch children had been involved as soldiers. They were from two important rebel organisations against Charles Taylor, the président: Lurd in the west and the Model, at east.
(Source: UNICEF, 2003)

BUT, WHY OUR CHILDREN ???

Coming in the life is not a child's responsability. Born free, they are welcomed in fire!!!!
Peace and love.
Amidou