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Former child soldier says education is key to creating your own stories
'If you can’t read and write, somebody else will own your own story,' says Deng Thiak Adut.
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Inside Russia: the pro-Putin town sending its sons to fight in Ukraine
Every year on May 9, Russia celebrates Victory Day. This year, Russian President Vladimir Putin defended his invasion of Ukraine but the reality of fighting for Russia isn’t so glorious.
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SBS News
Deng and Mading: when a former child soldier faced the man who beat him
What happened when former child soldier Deng Thiak Adut was unexpectedly reunited with the man who used to beat him?
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SBS News
Myanmar releases 75 more child soldiers: UNICEF
Following sustained advocacy work by the United Nations, the Myanmar Armed Forces release 75 ex-child soldiers.
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SBS News
My life as a child soldier in Sudan
He learned how to plant a landmine, fire an AK-47, he suffered torture and saw fellow soldiers face the firing squad. Refugee Deng Adut reflects on his childhood in Sudan.
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SBS News
Myanmar frees scores of child soldiers from armed forces
Myanmar's army has freed 96 children and young people from its armed forces, the United Nations said, hailing a "historic step" towards ending the use of child soldiers in the formerly junta-run nation.
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SBS News
South Sudan militia frees first group of child soldiers: UN
The United Nations has secured a pledge for the release of about 3,000 child soldiers in South Sudan, in what it called 'one of the largest ever demobilisations of children'.
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SBS News
Soldier speaks about Afghan child deaths
An Australian soldier involved in a controversial raid in Afghanistan which killed five children says he can't atone or undo the damage caused that night.
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SBS News
My Australia: The former child soldier learning Greek to care for Melbourne’s elderly
Aged care worker Koryom Nyuonhe survived a childhood of violence and heartbreak to come to Australia. Now flourishing in his local community, he's hoping to inspire the next generation of migrants.
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SBS Language
South Sudanese former child soldiers commemorate 16 may in Brisbane
In 1983, Sudaneses people between north and south in what became African longest war. In those years, many of the children especially unaccompanied minors were recruited into the army. Over 26 thousands children who were later known as lost boys of Sudan went to different camps in Ethiopia and…
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