Somalia: Report Highlights 'Shocking' Abuses Facing Kids

Children in Somalia suffer from one of the highest rates of abduction, recruitment, and conflict-related sexual violence in the world, analysis from Save the Children reveals.

The charity's analysis of the UN's Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict found Somalia topped the list in three of the six categories of grave violations against children.

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