
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has issued a report accusing Shiite militias in Iraq of using child soldiers to fight against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL). The terrorist group is widely known for also using this practice.
by Mary Chastain9 Nov 2015, 8:18 AM PST0

The latest in a string of ISIS videos to feature child soldiers features a boy, about ten years of age, brandishing a rocket-propelled grenade and threatening to behead President Obama unless the United States submits to the Islamic State.
by John Hayward8 Oct 2015, 7:47 PM PST0

Nigeria suffered the latest in a string of Boko Haram-affiliated suicide bombings on Tuesday, as a 12-year-old girl detonated herself in the middle of a market in northern Yobe state, killing ten and injuring dozens.
by Frances Martel25 Jun 2015, 10:01 AM PST0

The Chadian military has rescued 43 children from the Nigerian town of Damasak who had been abducted and prepared to serve as child soldiers for the jihadist Boko Haram terror group. The Nigerian military is currently embroiled in a struggle in the Sambisa forest, the last known stronghold of the terror group in the nation.
by Frances Martel23 Apr 2015, 12:35 PM PST0

To combat Boko Haram, village militias in northern Nigeria have been employing kids in the fight against the insurgents.
by Breitbart News7 Mar 2015, 5:40 PM PST0

The Islamic State has released a new video advertising its “Farouk Institute for Cubs,” a new training camp designed to teach young boys the basics of both radical Islam and warfare. Unlike many of its videos depicting child soldiers, this video shows dozens of child soldiers in combat uniforms and handling weapons.
by Frances Martel23 Feb 2015, 10:13 AM PST0