Former child combatant and graffiti in a re-education center. Freetown, Sierra Leone. Independent on Sunday Review.

A deranged Hutu boy in Rwanda held on genocide charges, far left; a former Charles Taylor militia in Sierra Leone, upper right; a former fighter in the Lord's Resistance Army in confession in Uganda. Independent on Sunday Review

Young men abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army at a prayer service, Uganda, top; While forced to fight with the Lord's Resistance Army "Andrew" remembers killing at least 12 people. Independent on Sunday Review.

Above: A boy alone with his thoughts at the World Vision Trauma Center which treats young men who were kidnapped by the Lord's Resistance Army. Below: Juvenille members of the "Interhamwe" Gitigata prison, Kigali, Rwanda. Independent on Sunday Review.

A young man re-united with his mother and sisters after almost two years with the Lord's Resistance Army. Gulu, Uganda. Below: Joao who lost a leg fighting UNITO in Cuito. Luanda, Angola. Most of his generation just wish to forget and block out their experiences. Independent on Sunday Review.