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UNICEF says 15 child soldiers released in South Sudan
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday that 15 children associated with armed forces and armed groups have been released in South...
AU calls for ending recruitment of child soldiers in Somalia
The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has called on Somali communities to protect children and stop their recruitment of child soldiers.
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Global Amnesty Watch to investigate child warfare in Nigeria
Human Rights organisation, Global Amnesty Watch, has said it would investigate allegations of the use of child soldiers in the counter-insurgency war in the...
Somali military undergo training on preventing child warfare
A ten-day Training of Trainers’ course for representatives of the Somali Security Sector has ended at the International Peace Support Training Centre, in Kenya’s...
UNICEF: Over 650 new child soldiers engaged in South Sudan
UNICEF estimates the total number of child soldiers at 16,000 since a military conflict erupted between President Salva Kiir and his former deputy Riek...
