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Is Chad Ending its Official Use of Child Soldiers?

Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, Chad, Human Rights, War & Conflict, Youth

Prisma International writes that the Chadian government plans to discharge all child soldiers [1] [Fr] currently serving in its army. A UNICEF investigation counted 400 children between the ages of eight and eleven among the ranks of Chad's armed forces.