500 drawings by children who escaped the violence in Darfur could threaten to prosecute the Sudanese government troops for war crimes.
The collection of images will be submitted to the International Criminal Court (ICC), which has started proceedings against a Sudanese government minister and a militia commander accused of committing war crimes in Darfur.
The testimony of the children, some as young as eight, emerged by chance when a peace campaigner Anna Schmidt, a researcher for Waging Peace, handed the children paper, pencils and crayons to keep them occupied while she interviewed their mothers, who are among 250,000 to have fled to the relative safety in neighbouring Chad.
Most of the children, who escaped by fleeing across the border to Chad, could not read or write and instead drew their experiences.
The government of Sudan has repeatedly denied launching military attacks in Darfur.
But the drawings apparently depict Sudanese tanks, planes and helicopters in action launching attacks on civilians who are depicted defending themselves with bows and arrows. Read more >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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