Somalia: Child soldiers on the rise

Children as young as 10 face horrific abuse in Somalia as the Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab targets them to replenish its diminishing ranks of fighters, according to a Human Rights Watch report . FULL STORY | RECRUITING DEFENDED

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