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Somalia: UN Envoy Deplores Risisng Recruitment of Child Soldiers
UN News, 8 November 2010
The United Nations envoy for children and armed conflict today deplored the rapid rise in the recruitment of children by armed groups in Somalia, as well as an emerging trend of… Read more »
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Kenya: Children Fighting Somalia's Wars
Nation, 6 November 2010
Sixty per cent of soldiers involved in Somalia's conflict are children, a UN official has said. Read more »
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Somalia: UN - New PM Vows to End Child Recruitment Into Army
Sudan Tribune, 4 November 2010
Somalia's new Prime Minister has pledged to end the practice of recruitment of child soldiers in to the country's armed forces, said a UN envoy, who met with the new premier on… Read more »
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Somalia: Armed Groups Recruit Children for Piracy, Sexual Assault
UNIRIN, 4 November 2010
Armed groups in Somalia have continued recruiting children to fight and engage in piracy, and girls have found themselves facing increasing risk of sexual violence, a senior UN… Read more »
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Somalia: UN Official Expresses Serious Concern About Child Soldiers
Garowe Online, 3 November 2010
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict Radhika Coomaraswamy Wednesday met with the new Prime Minister Mohammed Abdullahi Farmajo in the… Read more »
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Somalia: Prime Minister Pledges to Work Towards Plan to End Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers
UN, 3 November 2010
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict Radhika Coomaraswamy met with the new Prime Minister Mohammed Abdullahi Mohammed in Mogadishu on… Read more »