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South Africa: Children of the Cape Flats Are Child Soldiers - Ugandan Academic
News24Wire, 15 May 2018
A Ugandan academic has likened Cape Flats minor gang recruits to child soldiers of his home country who fought in the rebel group called The Lord's Resistance Army. Read more »
'Children in Cape Flats Gangs Are Child Soldiers'
Dr Jino Mwaka, rector of the University of Sacred Heart in Uganda, has said at a dialogue on children trapped in violence on the Cape Flats that the concept of "child soldiers" needs to be expanded to include young people who are exposed to violence and trapped within their communities.
Calvin and Mikey (not their real names), seen here doing a gang salute, want to exit the gangs.
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