Stitching lives back together for Central African Republic's child soldiers

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Stitching lives back together for Central African Republic's child soldiers

Issued on: 07/05/2026 - 11:31

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In a classroom in Bria in the unstable eastern Central African Republic, former child soldiers were learning to sew. It is a way to help the 14- to 17-year-olds move on from the violence they suffered at the hands of the country's many armed groups. The east of the CAR, whose subsoil is rich in diamonds, has been torn apart by years of armed conflict.

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