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Burundi urged to demobilise child soldiers - 25 May 08
By: aljazeeraenglish
Posted: Feb 13 09
Witnessed: 1233 times
Regions: Burundi
Issues: Armed conflict, Child soldiers, War crimes
Tags: abuse, Burundi, demobilization, recruitment, Rehabilitation, violence
Military leaders have fuelled Burundi's 10 year armed conflict by recruiting and abducting children, destroying their childhood and their future. Mohammed Adow, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Burundi, reports on the extent of child soldiering and the process of demobilising child soldiers in the context of conflict and poverty. Meanwhile, both government and opposition forces have been accused of enlisting children as young as 11 to fight their cause.
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