Child Soldier, Shopkeeper, Scarred
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- Published
- June 6, 2026
- Duration
- 2:24
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- Last updated
- Jun 7, 2026
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A former child soldier turned shopkeeper in Mogadishu, Yusuf Ali carries invisible wounds from a brutal war that shattered his childhood. At just 14, he was dragged into Somalia’s Islamist insurgency, and by 16, he was fighting on the streets — killing others his own age. The city may be rebuilding, but the trauma remains buried, with no mental health sup…
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A former child soldier turned shopkeeper in Mogadishu, Yusuf Ali carries invisible wounds from a brutal war that shattered his childhood. At just 14, he was dragged into Somalia’s Islamist insurgency, and by 16, he was fighting on the streets — killing others his own age. The city may be rebuilding, but the trauma remains buried, with no mental health support for survivors like him. Forced into combat by fear, propaganda, and loss, Ali now wrestles with a broken past in a fractured present — whi
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