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Le Problème des Enfants Soldats au Soudan du Sud

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Originally from Bentiu, this young man fled in December 2013 when the conflict broke out in his town. He went to a smaller town called Mayom, where the war had not yet reached. There, he wanted to keep on going to school. But in April 2014, when he was 14, government soldiers came to the town and took him away. 'I was forced to be a soldier. Many people were taken that day. I knew that they were there looking for new recruits'. He was taken for training with other young men, to a military camp. 'They would…
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In South Sudan, the trauma of the war and the use of child soldiers is transmitted from one...

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A former child soldier is standing in formation at a child soldiers release ceremony in Yambio, South Sudan.  Image by Andreea Campeanu. South Sudan, 2018.
A former child soldier is standing in formation at a child soldiers release ceremony in Yambio, South Sudan. Image by Andreea Campeanu. South Sudan, 2018.

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The United Nations estimates that there are approximately 19,000 children forced to serve for the rebel forces in South Sudan. This is one of the highest concentrations of child soldiers in the world, in a country devasted by a conflict that has lasted almost five years.

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