Video duration: 583 seconds
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Sierra Leone has been at peace for five years yet the media still portray it as a violent and dangerous place. This short programme challenges that perception and shows the reality of everyday life in one of Africa's poorest but most beautiful countries.
Video duration: 512 seconds
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During much of the 90s there was civil war in Sierra Leone. Children paid a heavy price during this time -- watching parents be kiilled, being forced to fight, being forced into slavery. Here is the story of some of these children.
Video duration: 1544 seconds
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1 January 2000
This is the story of the child soldiers who were drugged with cocaine to make them fight in a war fuelled by blood diamonds, and the child victims of mutilations. Can a permanent world court bring justice to a lost generation?