Best of the BBC: An ex-child soldier in Sudan

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This weekend’s presidential elections in Sudan have been heralded as the first genuine multiparty elections since 1986. They have been beset by problems, including the withdrawal of parties from the process due to allegations of vote rigging. But what of the plight of ordinary Sudanese, living with the poverty and violence caused by years of infighting and oppression amidst civil war? In this audio slideshow Deng Chan describes why he decided to look after his family instead of training with the former rebel army in South Sudan and why he had to leave school after changing one uniform for another.

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