U.N. peacekeepers preparing to pull out of Sierra Leone say they have completed the mission they began six years ago but warn the country still has a long way to go before it recovers from one of Africa’s most brutal wars. Along with crushing poverty and illiteracy, one of the most daunting challenges will be finding jobs for the huge population of unemployed youths, many of them former child soldiers, said Daudi Mwakawago, the top U.N. representative in Sierra Leone. Full Story
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