Africa: Why Are Children Still Used as 'Human Bombs'?
The Global Child Soldier Index reveals that child suicide bombings by Boko Haram militants have surged in northeast Nigeria, while recruitment has also been documented in South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Child soldiers in DRC.
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Congo-Kinshasa:
Girls Targeted for Recruitment As Child Soldiers
CAJ News, 13 February 2018
CHILDREN'S rights groups are concerned at the forcible recruitment of girls as child soldiers as well as their sexual abuse at the ranks of armed groups. Read more »
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South Sudan:
Sanctions Proposed to Halt Use of Child Soldiers
CAJ News, 8 February 2018
ARMED forces and rebel groups in South Sudan have defied orders from the international community to recruit child soldiers. Some children as young as 10 years old have been… Read more »
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South Sudan:
UNICEF - 'Child Soldiers Want to Continue Their Education'
DW, 12 February 2018
Roughly 19,000 children are still part of armed groups today in South Sudan. On the international day against the use of child soldiers, we spoke to UNICEF about the future of… Read more »
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Africa:
It Is Time to End the Child Soldier Stereotype
IRIN, 9 February 2018
From Syria and the Democratic Republic of Congo to Myanmar and Nigeria, countless children remain trapped in armed conflict. Read more »
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Africa:
What Do Former Child Soldiers Really Need?
African Arguments, 12 February 2018
Too often, initiatives aimed at helping returning child soldiers fail to listen to what the boys and girls say they want and need to reintegrate. Read more »
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South Sudan:
South Sudan - Warring Parties Break Promises On Child Soldiers
HRW, 5 February 2018
South Sudanese armed forces and armed opposition groups continue to recruit child soldiers and force them into the conflict, despite numerous commitments to stop, Human Rights… Read more »
InFocus
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The militant group recruited at least 2,000 Nigerian children last year and used them as child soldiers, the UN Children's Fund has said. Read more »
InFocus
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The UN says 145 child soldiers who were released will receive three months of food aid and livestock once reunited with their families. Read more »
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Girls in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are forced to join militia groups for food, money and protection, Child Soldiers International say. Read more »