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A Ugandan academic has likened Cape Flats minor gang recruits to child soldiers of his home country who fought in the rebel group called The Lord's Resistance Army.
Dr Jino Mwaka, rector of the University of Sacred Heart in Uganda, at a recent dialogue on children trapped in violence on the Cape Flats, said the concept of "child soldiers" needed to be expanded to include young people who are exposed to violence and trapped within their communities.
"We must also include children who are at war for survival, such as children who are exposed to domestic violence, street kids and child-headed households," he insisted.
Children of the Cape Flats are child soldiers - Ugandan academic
I am having trouble with that comparison. I have been going back and forth with it but there really is a difference between child soldiers and gangbanging.
Dr Jino Mwaka, rector of the University of Sacred Heart in Uganda, at a recent dialogue on children trapped in violence on the Cape Flats, said the concept of "child soldiers" needed to be expanded to include young people who are exposed to violence and trapped within their communities.
"We must also include children who are at war for survival, such as children who are exposed to domestic violence, street kids and child-headed households," he insisted.
Children of the Cape Flats are child soldiers - Ugandan academic
I am having trouble with that comparison. I have been going back and forth with it but there really is a difference between child soldiers and gangbanging.
