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Niger: War Devastates the Lives of Children - What the Research Tells Us, and What Can Be Done
The Conversation Africa, 28 September 2021
Amnesty International published a report recently on the situation in Niger that highlighted the devastating consequences of war for children. In Niger's Tillabéri region,… Read more »
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Niger: Children Killed or Forcibly Recruited By Armed Islamist Groups in Devastating Conflict - New Report
AI London, 13 September 2021
Increasing numbers of children are being killed or targeted for recruitment by armed groups in conflicts raging at Niger's borders with Mali and Burkina Faso, Amnesty International… Read more »
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Africa: Ten Facts About Child Soldiers Around the World
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 12 February 2021
Coronavirus pandemic feared driving more children into armed groups as world marks Red Hand Day Read more »
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Mozambique: Children Trained to Fight, Deployed Against Army - HRW
HRW, 29 September 2021
An Islamic State (ISIS) linked armed group in northern Mozambique is kidnapping boys and using them to fight government forces in violation of the international prohibition on the… Read more »
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Africa: Pandemic Threatens to Boost Numbers of Child Soldiers
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 12 February 2021
As world marks Red Hand Day, United Nations warns coronavirus could fuel child recruitment by armed groups Read more »