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Child Soldiers of Sierra Leone

Published July 10, 2001 at 11:00 PM CDT

NPR's Ivan Watson reports that Sierra Leone's civil war seems to be ending and rebel commanders are turning over hundreds of child soldiers to the United Nations. The UN estimates that some 5,000 child soldiers saw combat during the 10-year civil war.

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