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PHILIPPINES: Child soldiers in spotlight as Mindanao battle rages

asia » philippines
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81015
Saturday, November 22, 2008
MANILA Tuesday, October 21, 2008 (IRIN) - Muslim separatist rebels engaged in battle with Philippines troops on Mindanao island since August have...
child soldiers, battle rages, battle, troops, children, despite, appeals, sources
UGANDA: Charles Opira:

UGANDA: Charles Opira: "After eight years as a child soldier, all I want is to forget the past"

africa » uganda » gulu
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Charles Opira was 10 years old when the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) abducted him as he walked to school in Gulu, northern Uganda, in 2000. He...
child soldiers, rebel, kidnap, abduction, recruiting
AFRICA: Former child soldiers ...

AFRICA: Former child soldiers at risk of HIV

africa
PlusNews
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Children across Africa are emerging from conflicts in which they have served as soldiers or the 'wives' of rebel commanders and find themselves in a...
child soldiers, risk, hiv, conflicts, rebels, commanders, drugs, wildlife
CHAD: Army forcibly recruiting...

CHAD: Army forcibly recruiting youths, rights group says

africa » chad » ndjamena
IRIN
Sunday, December 16, 2007
The Chadian military is reportedly recruiting young men by force, possibly including children, to help stem losses from recent fighting with rebels...
child soldiers, army, recruiting, youths
CHAD: Govt accused of hypocris...

CHAD: Govt accused of hypocrisy in Zoe’s Ark affair

africa » chad
IRIN
Friday, November 09, 2007
Surrounded by the 103 African children caught up in an alleged abduction plot by a French charity, Chadian president Idriss Déby appeared before...
regional, government, hypocrisy, journalists, children, aid, agencies, Child Soldiers, UN
DRC: Demobilise child soldiers...

DRC: Demobilise child soldiers, free minors held by military courts, says MONUC

africa » dem rep congo » kinshasa
IRIN
Sunday, November 04, 2007
MONUC, the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has called on the army to demobilise all child soldiers in its ranks and hand over...
regional, child soldiers, recruiting, children, war

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