From Students to Child Soldiers or Teen Brides: The War’s Cruel Impact on Yemen’s Children

“It is rare to find a normal child, even among kindergarteners. Both at home and at school; words like surrender, warplane, shoot, enemy, kill, and Kalashnikov are often heard as children play together.” — Yemeni social worker Asma Juhaff.

Ahmed Abdulkareem
By Ahmed Abdulkareem
saudi arabia

SADAA, YEMEN -- September is the month when students around the world head back to school and, despite enduring years of brutal war, Yemen’s children are no exception. In the Khulah School in the northern city of Sadaa, fifth-grader Saleem Ahmed Mutaher sits on the floor with about 70 other students, his mind distracted by the pain of sitting on a

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South Sudan, Others Nations With Child Soldiers Get US Waiver On Military Aid

Human Rights Watch has said the waivers have allowed governments that use child soldiers to receive hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. military aid.

Associated Press
By Associated Press
A Sudanese family takes shelter under their donkey cart at the Kalma refugee camp for internally displaced people, south of the Darfur town of Nyala, Sudan. (AP/UNAMID)

JUBA, South Sudan — President Barack Obama has issued waivers that continue millions of dollars in U.S. military assistance for troubled South Sudan and six other nations where child soldiers have been used, disappointing advocates who say his administration hasn't made curbing the use of children in combat a higher priority. The waivers

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UK Defense Contractor ‘Employed Former Child Soldiers’ As Mercenaries In Iraq

UK Aegis Defense Services employed former child soldiers from Sierra Leone as ‘the cheapest soldiers globally’.

Sputnik News
By Sputnik News

London, United Kingdom – According to a documentary movie, UK’s Aegis Defense Services employed former child soldiers from Sierra Leone as ‘the cheapest soldiers globally’. A British private military company Aegis Defense Services, contracted by US Department of Defense to provide security to Project and Contracting Office (PCO), a division

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US And UK Arm Child Soldiers At World’s Largest Arms Fair In London

According to a report from The Guardian, of the 23 nations known by the United Nations to use child soldiers, the U.K. sold arms to 19 of them during the past five years.

Kit O'Connell
By Kit O'Connell

LONDON --- Against the objections of the United Nations, this week the United States and the United Kingdom together helped arm the world’s child soldiers. Tuesday through Friday this week, the British capital played host to the world’s largest arms fair, Defence and Security Equipment International, where global arms vendors -- many from the

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South Sudan Frees Hundreds Of Child Soldiers, Including 9-Year Old Girl

Some 12,000 children are still in active combat both on the side of the rebels and militias allied to government, Unicef says, making the removal of child fighters from the conflict a difficult task.

Lisa Vives
By Lisa Vives

A Sudanese family takes shelter at the Kalma refugee camp for internally displaced people, south of the Darfur town of Nyala, Sudan.  (AP/UNAMID) NEW YORK, Mar 24 2015 - South Sudan’s Democratic Army Cobra Faction announced its third release of child soldiers as agreed in a pact with the government signed last May. Over the weekend, 654

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The South Sudan Military Is Still Recruiting Children

The country’s military has enlisted boys as young as 13, often by force, in Upper Nile state, the rights watchdog said.

Associated Press
By Associated Press

 A Sudanese family takes shelter under their donkey cart at the Kalma refugee camp for internally displaced people, south of the Darfur town of Nyala, Sudan. Photo: UNAMID/AP KAMPALA, Uganda — South Sudan's military and rebel forces are recruiting children despite assurances to the contrary, Human Rights Watch said Monday, citing children

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