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UNICEF warns of massive surge in child armed group recruitment in Haiti

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GENEVA, Mar. 1, CMC – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned of a massive surge in child armed group recruitment in Haiti, saying that the ongoing emergency in the French-speaking Caribbean country is crushing children’s chances of an education and a better future as scores of youngsters are recruited by heavily armed and violent gangs. 

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