Child Soldiers In Somalia Summary

In this article Karil Rabins writes about how children are used as child soldiers in Somalia by Al-Shabaab. Rabins explains that up to 100 child Al-Shabaab recruits, many under the age of 18 are in the hands of Somali security forces after the Al Qaeda linked terror group Al-Shabaab launched a massive assault from the sea. She further states that many of these children accept to live intense lives, wander, and hide close to the sea where they do not complain even about their old wounds because they know there is no savior. Robins a reporter for CNN advocates for the rights of children who are descendants of the Horn of Africa. Therefore, Rabin is especially informative of the reality of Al-Shabaaba Child soldiers in Somalia.

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Yale University Bulletin students have been working on child soldier situation in their university as their project for many years. They are trying to announced how child soldiers are exposed abuse and slavery for many years. They are trying to announced to the UNSEIF about child soldiers in the world and specially in Colombia. “UNICEF estimated that in 1988, almost 200,000 children were involved in military actions as soldiers and fighters. In the 1980’s, many children joined armed groups in Cambodia to get food and protection (Yale University Bulletin).” Although the UNICEF has been fighting against children soldier abuses and child soldier slavery, every year in many countries, the rate of abuse and slavery has been rising. Yale university students demonstrate to the world how the government in many countries know that children soldiers are being traded in their countries but they do not protect their future generations from this chaos. I used this source in my essay because its aware why children have been joining to military for many decade to get protection and food. And how Yale university has been trying to reach child soldiers voice from all over the world to

She shares ten real facts about child soldiers in Uganda from CBN news. She explains the majority of child soldiers are kidnaped, and chose involuntary to kill their parents and relative. “Child soldiers who disobey the command will have killed, and a majority of the kidnaped are school children, 30% percent of child soldiers are women.” Rituals are performed during the origination, children who try to escape are killed. Child soldiers are posted far from their homeland. In fact, these children have dark childhood full of violence that left their home town and are wandering in the war and experiencing life by following the criminals and violent rebels. These children are empty of sense and hope because they are sunk in the hell that rebels have created for them and there is not any way to rescue themselves from this