Tag: child soldiers
ISWAP, facing setbacks, steps up recruitment of child soldiers
Other factors which led to the desperate recruitment drive included ISWAP clashes with JAS Boko Haram which triggered surrendering of…
Borno task force disengages 2,203 child soldiers
According to the CJTF commander in Borno, the task force has ensured that no child is recruited or used.
Child soldiers aged 12-14 massacre 130 in Burkina Faso
Child soldiers aged between 12 and 14 carried out the massacre in northeast Burkina Faso in which more than 130…
210 child soldiers released by rebel groups in South Sudan
About 210 child soldiers were released by rebel groups in South Sudan’s Pibor area, the UNICEF confirmed on Friday.
South Sudan armed groups release 200 child soldiers
The UN said on Wednesday that armed groups in South Sudan have released more than 200 child soldiers as part…
ISIS Militant jailed in Britain for training child soldiers
A court has sentenced a man to life in prison for training child soldiers for a series of terrorist attacks…
Somalia, AU Partner To Prevent Child Soldiers Recruitment
The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and security forces have teamed up to prevent recruitment of child soldiers in…
Chadian troops rescue 43 Boko Haram child soldiers
Colonel Azem Agouna, Chadian Army Spokesman, said on Wednesday that they have repatriated 43 children, who had been kidnapped by…
Warring forces in South Sudan ‘recruiting children’
South Sudan government and rebel forces are both recruiting children as young as 13 to fight in the country’s civil…
Boko Haram’s Child soldiers: New nightmare for Jonathan
Boko Haram, the Nigerian-based insurgent group is notorious for sending young girls, some of them 10 year-old on suicide bombing…
Malian rebels using child soldiers, UN reveals
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said armed rebel groups controlling large parts of Northern Mali are recruiting child soldiers into…