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Recruiters travel around the villages of Guinea-Bissau finding children, as young as 4 and as old as 19. They tell parents they will give their children a religious education. Once they have gathered enough children, they come together at a meeting point
Mercedes Sayagues/IRIN

  • Recruiters travel around the villages of Guinea-Bissau finding children, as young as 4 and as old as 19. They tell parents they will give their children a religious education. Once they have gathered enough children, they come together at a meeting point

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  • Credits Mercedes Sayagues/IRIN
  • Themes Human Rights
  • Regions Guinea-Bissau

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