Mozambique: Al-Shabaab Deploying Child Soldiers in Mozambique, Says HRW

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday that children are being trained and deployed to fight against the government forces in northern Mozambique.

The lobby group revealed that Al-Shabaab, the Islamic State (ISIS) linked armed group in northern Mozambique, has been kidnapping boys and sending them to war in violation of the international prohibition on the use of child soldiers.

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