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![[Chad] Soldiers with the Chadian army in the town of Adre near the Sudanese border. [Date picture taken: December 2005]](https://assets.thenewhumanitarian.org/s3fs-public/styles/responsive_large_2x/public/images/200512277.jpg.webp?itok=Ho8MYmIs "The legal minimum age for voluntary recruitment is 18, with compulsory conscription at 20")
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