Youth, Poverty and Blood: The Lethal Legacy of West Africa’s Regional Warriors

Publisher:
Human Rights Watch
Publication Date:
13 April 2005
Tags:
West Africa, Children and Youth, Conflict, Peace and Security, Arms and Military Affairs, Human Rights

Thousands of young men and boys, many of whom have committed atrocities while fighting in West Africa’s brutal civil wars, face re-recruitment into the region’s emerging conflicts. International efforts to disarm these fighters must provide them with alternatives to war.

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