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New life: Former child soldier Joseph Bisole, 27, now combats illegal charcoal production for the World Wildlife Fund. Photo: Alexis Huguet/AFP
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DRC’s former child soldiers face tough return to civilian life

Many of the former child combatants are overwhelmed by the horrors they have witnessed in a part of the country that has been ravaged by violence for more than 25 years

  • Heritier Baraka Munyampfura
  • Annie Thomas
  • Ricky Ombeni
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