Tag: ex-combatants

What a former rebel fighter can teach us about humanity

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by Jakob Silas Lund When I first met Samba, he struck me most of all as a person almost obsessively engaged in the local reconciliation process in the wake of the Sierra Leonean civil war. He was the most eager of all the participants at the first consultation among former fighters, victims and witnesses of Read more about What a former rebel fighter can teach us about humanity[…]

Burundi’s Fish Triumph over Guns

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Don. His name wasn’t typically Burundian. His father named him after Don King the renowned American boxing promoter. When Don King brought the great Mohamed Ali to Congo in 1974, Don’s father was in his mid teens. After Ali won the rumble in the jungle, Don’s father fell hopelessly in love with boxing. So when Read more about Burundi’s Fish Triumph over Guns[…]