BAMBARI, Central African Republic (Reuters) - Armed groups in Central African Republic released over 350 enslaved children on Thursday as part of a United Nations-brokered deal as the country turns to healing after two years of conflict.
An estimated 6,000-10,000 children are thought to be working as sex slaves or menial workers such as cooks and messengers for rival militias in the historically unstable country.
Some of them are less than 12 years old, said the U.N. children's agency UNICEF, which helped secure a deal for their release at a peace forum in the capital Bangui last week.
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