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DRC Removed from List of Armed Forces Recruiting Child Soldiers

In a major milestone, the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) have been removed from the United Nations list of state armed forces which recruit and maintain child soldiers. 

2016 INPP program participants receive training in Aru, DRC Photo Credit: Office of the Personal Representative on Sexual Violence and Child Recruitment

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