Crossing Continents: The Zogos of Liberia

When Miatta was 14 years old, armed rebels stormed into her classroom and forcibly recruited her and her classmates. They were trained to use machine guns and then sent to the front line to fight in Liberia's devastating civil war. Nineteen years later, Miatta is what many Liberians would call a Zogo, the country's underclass. Jobless, homeless and addicted to drugs, they are a menace on the streets of the capital, Monrovia, where many make their living snatching purses and phones from passers-by. Here, Lucy Ash follows a project aiming to rehabilitate hundreds of Liberia's Zogos - including Miatta