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In South Sudan, a new approach to end use of child soldiers

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AP Juba(South Sudan)
Last Updated : Nov 25 2018 | 3:55 PM IST

After coming face to face with "unpredictable" gun-waving children almost 25 years ago, the former commander of the failed UN peacekeeping mission during the Rwandan genocide dedicated his life to eliminating the use of children as weapons of war.

In an interview with The Associated Press in civil war-torn South Sudan, Romeo Dallaire, who is widely known for warning the UN about Rwanda's massacre in 1994, said the current approach to combatting child soldier recruitment is not "sufficient."

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First Published: Nov 25 2018 | 3:55 PM IST

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