Fataki, DR Congo August 2003. The body of a villager
lies in the main road on the outskirts of Fataki, a Hema village that had
been overrun and completely destroyed by Lendu militiamen in August 2003. The
man had been bound and appeared to have been shot execution-style along with
another villager nearby. Story Header: De-mobilization of Militias in
Eastern Congo MONUC (the United Nations Peace Keeping Mission to the Congo)
has given militias in the embattled Eastern Provinces of the DR Congo until
April 1st to turn in their weapons and join the de-mobilization and
re-integration program run by the UNDP (United Nations Development Program).
Although the program had been in effect for months, there had been limited
disarmament. Once the deadline had been set, a flood of militiamen, including
child soldiers, suddenly entered the program.
