Tag: child soldiers

Azeez June 28, 2017

Nigeria using child soldiers, US report claims

Nigeria is involving children under the age of 18 in its military operations, a US 2017 trafficking in persons report has said. The report listed Nigeria among countries to face restriction…

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Azeez February 21, 2017

Boko Haram has recruited 2000 children as child soldiers – UN

The UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF has said terrorist group, Boko Haram has recruited about 2,000 children in 2016, using them as child soldiers. UNICEF Executive Director, Anthony Lake, disclosed this…

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Op-ed Editor November 15, 2016

Opinion: Saving the armed children of Borno

by Mustapha Alhassan, Emmanuel Bosah, Ahmad Jumare, Ashraf Usman, and Faisal Wando History has shown us that over time, children have been extensively involved in military campaigns. In times of…

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Op-Ed Editor January 21, 2016

Phillip Obaji: How terrorists recruit Africa’s children

In the aftermath of the attack on a hotel in Burkina Faso on Friday, just as in the attack on a luxury hotel in Mali in November, photographs of the…

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Sola January 29, 2015

Boko Haram runs training camps for child soldiers (See Photos)

by Anike Jacobs   Boko Haram through its affiliate arm, al-Urwa-al-Wuthaqa, has published images showing a military training camp for children based in the North-east part of the country. The photos…

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