300,000 child soldiers are fighting in 30 countries· 10,000 fought in Sierra Leone's 10-year civil war· An additional 500,000 are in paramilitary groupIn the civil war in Sierra Leone children fight for both the rebels - the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) and the pro-government local militia, the Kamajors. The Kamajors do much of the front-line fighting for the government and the West African peace-keeping force, ECOMOG. Often after the RUF attacks a village they abduct the surviving children. The children, many of whom have seen their parents slaughtered, are then removed to special camps. Those children who escape often join the Kamajors who give them shelter and food.s
Friday, 30 January 2009
Children at War
300,000 child soldiers are fighting in 30 countries· 10,000 fought in Sierra Leone's 10-year civil war· An additional 500,000 are in paramilitary groupIn the civil war in Sierra Leone children fight for both the rebels - the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) and the pro-government local militia, the Kamajors. The Kamajors do much of the front-line fighting for the government and the West African peace-keeping force, ECOMOG. Often after the RUF attacks a village they abduct the surviving children. The children, many of whom have seen their parents slaughtered, are then removed to special camps. Those children who escape often join the Kamajors who give them shelter and food.s
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