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Ugandans Scarred by Experience as Child Soldiers

by Gwen Thompkins, NPR
March 14, 2007

Child soldiers are fighting in a number of conflicts in Africa, and around the world. In the time that it would normally take one child to be born and go to college, a rebel army in northern Uganda is believed to have stolen more than 20,000 children.

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  • Morning Edition, March 14, 2007
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