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Mohamed Idris, 27, has despaired of ever finding a job in war-torn Sudan. Instead, he's now set his sights on a training camp on the Eritrean border, hoping to join a militia.
"I got my university degree but there aren't any job opportunities, if I get into a training camp I can at least defend my country and my people," he told AFP from Kassala in Sudan, the nearest city to the border.
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