Large numbers of child soldiers are being used in armed conflicts in Uganda, CAR, Chad, DRC, Somalia and Sudan.
Child Soldiers of Central Africa
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Experts estimate between 7,000 and 10,000 child soldiers operate in Chad in the national army, rebel and militia groups. Globally, the U.N. Children's Fund UNICEF believes there are some 250,000 child soldiers.
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Seven child fighters are seen at a Save the Children compound in Bunia, Congo, June, 2003, after they left a militia army. Some 50 percent of tribal fighters in Ituri are children aged less than 18 years of age.
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A young Sudan People's Liberation Army child soldier holds a gun during the demobilization of soldiers at Rumbek, southern Sudan.
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African countries where the United Nations says armed groups have persistantly used child soldiers in the last five years.