Early to War: Child Soldiers in the Chad Conflict
- Publisher:
- Human Rights Watch
- Publication Date:
- 16 July 2007
- Tags:
- Human Rights, Chad, Conflict, Peace and Security, Children and Youth
The Chadian National Army (Armée Nationale Tchadienne, ANT) is struggling to defeat a Chadian rebel insurgency. In the fall of 2006 both the government and the rebels turned to the recruitment of children as a matter of military survival. Children as young as eight serve as fighters, guards, cooks, and lookouts on the front lines of the conflict.
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