child soldiers

Is Saudi Arabia Hiring Sudanese Children to Fight in Yemen?

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Dec 30, 2018 The New York Times causes an international stir by estimating that 20 percent of Sudanese fighters in Yemen may be between 13 and 17. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Hillary Clinton’s State Department Let South Sudan Use Child Soldiers

Staff / Truthdig Jun 11, 2016 Hillary Clinton spent years vowing to defend the rights of children worldwide, but under her leadership the State Department played a central role in allowing rebel forces in southern Sudan to use child soldiers in defiance of a 2008 law forbidding it. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Will Americans Support the Child Veterans of South Sudan?

By Nick Turse, TomDispatch Jun 4, 2015 Despite a law prohibiting it, the United States provided aid and assistance to armed groups that employed roughly 13,000 child soldiers in civil-war-wracked Sudan. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

UNICEF: One-Third of Fighters in Yemen Are Children

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 10, 2015 Children make up a third of the combatants in Yemen's conflict with Saudi Arabia, says a U.N. official. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

America’s Child Soldiers

By Ann Jones, TomDispatch Dec 16, 2013 The United States has the biggest, most efficiently organized, most effective system for recruiting child soldiers in the world. Its major public face is the Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Horn of Despair

Taylor Jones, Cagle Cartoons, Hoover Digest Aug 1, 2011 Dig deeper