Ishmael Beah meets with Sudanese children ... I was just 13 when I was recruited into an armed group during Sierra Leone's brutal civil war. Like them, I lost my home, my family, and for a ...

When Ishmael Beah was 13 he was forced to join the army in Sierra Leone. He was rescued and slowly rehabilitated. But what does it take to turn a soldier back into a child? Show more As a boy ...

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Ishmael Beah travelled to Sudan this week ... during the brutal civil war in his home country of Sierra Leone at 13 – spent time with children who have been displaced ...

A shared experience of conflict Ishmael Beah, a human rights activist and former child soldier forcibly recruited at 13 in Sierra Leone, has worked with UNICEF since his appointment as Goodwill ...

In an emotionally powerful and honest autobiography, a human rights activist shares the poignant story of life as a former child soldier during Sierra Leone's devastating civil war. Separated from his ...

Sierra Leone’s incumbent president Julius ... the real death toll was greater than what was officially reported. Ishmael Beah, a writer living in Freetown who became famous internationally ...

Sierra Leone is gearing up for crucial presidential ... and political instability. However, Ishmael Beah, a former child soldier and author, turned human rights activist told CNN the youth are ...

It’s been nearly three decades since Ishmael Beah was recruited as a child soldier during Sierra Leone’s long and brutal civil war, and 15 years since his book about it became an international ...

Ishmael Beah, the speaker joining Khadr on stage Monday night, was once one of those children, drawn into the civil war in Sierra Leone in the early 1990s. Today, he’s a father of three, a human ...

The allure of wealth tests a makeshift family in this vibrant outing from Beah (A Long Way Gone ... country that will remind readers of Sierra Leone. They spend their days roving through town ...

Now a father himself, former child soldier Ishmael Beah recently returned to Sierra Leone to see how UNICEF is strengthening protections for vulnerable children. Author, former child soldier and ...