Content_paragraphs:  For example, Mai-Mai Mazembe and Nyatura used 35 per cent and 55 per cent 
  
  of all the children associated with their forces as combatants, respectively. Children 
  
  were used by armed groups to fight in clashes against other armed groups and against 
  
  FARDC. Many children were forced, in particular by ADF and CODECO, to commit 
  
  atrocities against civilians. Boys and girls were also used in a variety of support roles, 
  
  including as bodyguards, tax and food collectors, porters, cooks, mine labourers, 
  
  herders, spies and sexual slaves or “wives”.