Child Soldiers

Yemen's Houthi rebels agree to rid ranks of child soldiers

Houthis sign what the UN describes as an "action plan" to end and prevent recruiting or using children in armed conflict.

Yemen's Houthi rebels continuing to violate arms embargo: UN

A UN report found that Houthis obtained critical components for their weapon systems from companies in Europe and Asia through "a complex network of intermediaries."

'One in eight of world's children at risk of becoming child soldiers'

There has been an increase in the number of children caught in conflict last year despite the pandemic and the UN's call for a global ceasefire, according to Save the Children.

Armed militias recruit vulnerable children in the Central Sahel

A new Save the Children report reveals children living in conflict zones in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger are facing an illegal recruitment risk by non-state armed groups.

A former PKK member on the pleas of Kurdish mothers to child soldiers

After spending nearly 10 years in prison for being a member of the PKK terror group, Aytekin Yilmaz has dedicated the rest of his life to narrating stories about child soldiers in the PKK ranks.

Why is the UN's recent meeting with the YPG unethical for Turkey?

The YPG couldn't deny recruiting child soldiers in northern Syria and Ankara blasted the UN for taking "a terrorist organisation with blood on its hands as an interlocutor to address this problem."

Daesh sees child soldiers as a weapon—but can they help defeat Daesh?

Child soldiers from Daesh are returning to their home countries at alarming rates, having committed unimaginable atrocities. But how wary should we be of their return?

Should child soldiers be prosecuted?

As children are increasingly weaponised and made a spectacle of on Youtube videos, should justice be meted out? And at what age are children responsible for war crimes before the law?