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Former Girl Soldiers Trade One Nightmare for Another
“When I was still at school I was abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army, along with 139 other girls,” says Grace Akallo. “I spent seven months in captivity, but I survived, I escaped and I went back...
View ArticleQ&A: Rescuing Child Soldiers in CAR
The protection of children remains critical in the Central African Republic, where parents willingly give their children to armed groups in exchange for protection and services. This is according to...
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Coming of Age in a Guantanamo Jumpsuit
Plenty of monikers have been attached to Omar Khadr, one of the most famous Guantanamo Bay detainees – child soldier, terrorist, war criminal, Al-Qaeda family member, security threat. This image is...
View ArticleLittle Hope for the Children Abducted in Mali’s War
One of Amina Diallo’s sons, 14-year-old Salif, has been missing since August last year. She thinks Islamists kidnapped him while he was on his way to the market in their hometown of Gao, in northern...
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DR Congo Armed Groups Increase Child Recruitment
Former child solider from Democratic Republic of Congo, Mulume (front left) feels hopeless about his future. In DRC, child soldiers face the double challenge of starting life afresh and proving...
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What We Can Learn from Child Soldiers
Former child soldiers enlisted by Al Shabaab are handed over to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) after their capture by forces of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). Credit: UN Photo/Tobin...
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Opinion: A Year of Progress for “Children, Not Soldiers”
Former child soldiers enlisted by Al Shabaab are handed over to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) after their capture by forces of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). Nov. 1, 2012. Credit: UN...
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Nobel Peace Laureate Calls for Global Human Compassion to Combat Child Slavery
By Lyndal RowlandsUNITED NATIONS, Mar 18 2015 (IPS)Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi has called for globalised human compassion to combat the global and persistent problems of child labour and...
View ArticleU.N. Security Council Focuses on Children as Victims of Armed Groups
By Valentina IeriUNITED NATIONS, Mar 26 2015 (IPS)24 hours after the shocking kidnap of more than 400 women and children in Nigeria by Boko Haram, the United Nations Security Council discussed the...
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Children Increasingly Becoming the Spoils of War
Former child soldiers enlisted by Al Shabaab are handed over to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) after their capture by forces of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). Credit: UN Photo/Tobin...
View ArticleIraq’s Civilians Continue to Bear the Brunt of Instability: UAE Paper/Newswire
By Katherine MackenzieROME, Jan 22 2016 (IPS)At least 18,802 people were killed in Iraq and another 36,245 were injured; this is the number of civilians killed in violence over the past two years and...
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Brazilian Capoeira Heals Wounds in the DRC
Capoeira for peace in DRC. Credit: Stefano ToscanoBy Fabíola OrtizRIO DE JANIERO, Brazil, Apr 3 2017 (IPS)On the earthen floor, to the sound of a single-string percussion instrument called a Berimbau,...
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U.S.-backed Kurds to Halt Child Soldier use in Syria
United Nations staff hold signs with photos of children stating they are not targets. The U.N. has struck a deal with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to stop using child soldiers and to release all...
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