Synopsis
Stacey Dooley explores the issue of child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo's civil war, where an estimated 30,000 children have been used during the 14-year conflict.
- Programme: Stacey Dooley Investigates
- Series: Investigates
- Episode: Kids with Guns
- Channel: BBC Three
- Broadcast year: 2010
- Geography | Global Issues | Child Soldiers
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