Child soldiers: the difficulty of ‘adapting to peace’

There are at least eighteen countries, where children are recruited and used in armed conflicts. From regular army to rebels, from guerrilla movements to drug cartels. The phenomenon has assumed the status of a humanitarian disaster. Dahara was 15 and had never used a weapon until he arrived in Libya, together with his eighteen-year-old cousin

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2021: The International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour

It is estimated that there are 152 million children in the world who have to work with 72.1 million of these in the African continent alone. Out of these, 31.5 million are engaged in heavy and dangerous work. Covid-19 has aggravated the situation. Before sunrise, Jean Pierre sets out on the rough path that leads

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African Youth to promote Peace and Security

Despite challenges of unemployment, corruption, entrenched political leadership, and political violence, many young people have found constructive avenues to promote peace, effective governance, and reform. Africa remains the world’s youngest continent with a median age of 19.7 years. By 2050, one in three young people will live in Sub-Saharan Africa. Still, 80-90 percent of African

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Vocation Story: “I have tried to live with hope and charity”

Father Victor Kouande Adekoun, a Comboni missionary from Togo speaks to us of his various experiences. Just one common denominator: the constant presence of God. I was born on 23 December 1967, a little over 53 years ago, in Kodjoviakope, a district in the outskirts of Lomé, the capital of Togo. I was given the

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