combatant roles. In 2008, it was estimated that 40 percent of child soldiers worldwide were in Africa, and the use of child soldiers in armed conflict was...

The use of child soldiers in Somalia has been an ongoing issue. In the battles for Mogadishu, all parties involved in the conflict such as the Union of...

January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018. Child soldiers global report 2004: Africa Regional overview, Child Soldiers International Archived 3 July 2007 at...

Roughly 100.000-140.000 child soldiers in Sierra Leone fought between 1991 and 2002 in the Sierra Leone Civil War. Children fought on both sides of the...

took place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), all sides involved in the war actively recruited or conscripted child soldiers, known locally...

Child soldiers in Uganda are members of the Lord's Resistance Army, a rebel group that has been abducting young people since 1987 to fill out their ranks...

children were forced to participate in armed conflict, resulting in an estimated figure of 21,000 child soldiers in need of demobilization, rehabilitation...

recruitment Military personnel Violent non-state actor Child Soldiers International UNICEF "Central African Republic says 10,000 children are still fighting...

are old enough to be a soldier' 10 Shocking Facts about Child Soldiers in Africa Recruitment of child soldiers still rising in South Sudan Maputo Protocol...

Child soldiers were used by the Khmer Rouge and other armed groups during the Cambodian Civil War, Cambodian genocide, and insurgent armed conflict into...