Boko Haram Still Using Children as Soldiers and Suicide Bombers in NigeriaMarch 6, 2022 — 03/06/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Fourteen-year-old Halima Audo was captured by Boko Haram and imprisoned in a camp run by the Nigerian terror group. She described to Radio France...
Boko Haram Still Using Children as Soldiers and Suicide Bombers in NigeriaMarch 6, 2022 — 03/06/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Fourteen-year-old Halima Audo was captured by Boko Haram and imprisoned in a camp run by the Nigerian terror group. She described to Radio France...
Children Kidnapped, “Brainwashed into Becoming Terrorists”July 2, 2021 — 07/02/2021 Mozambique (International Christian Concern) –Recently, Crux correspondent Ngala Killian Chimtom interviewed Fionn Shiner, the Parliamentary and Press Officer for the pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need, UK,...
Boko Haram Fighters Train Fulani Militants March 26, 2021 — 03/26/2021 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Military sources have informed Sahara Reporters of a new alliance between Boko Haram and Fulani Militants: “Terrorists collect one cow for every 40 cows as taxes; issue...
Boko Haram Has Recruited 8,000 Children Since 2009July 10, 2019 — 07/10/2019 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – The UN has reported that more than 8,000 children have been recruited and used by the terrorist organization Boko Haram in West Africa since...
Al-Shabaab Use Poorest Villages in Somalia to Recruit and Steal SuppliesMarch 15, 2018 — ICC Note: Al-Shabaab has been preying on the poorest and hardest hit villages in Somali to continue recruiting and getting supplies. They steal hundreds of children to regrow their depleted...
al-Shabaab Has Increased Recruitment of Children over Past MonthsJanuary 15, 2018 — ICC Note The Human Rights Watch has released a report that states al-Shabaab has increased its recruitment of children, even as young as the age of 8. Al-Shabaab ordered Islamic...
C.A.R. Conflict has seen Increased Violence Towards ChildrenJuly 19, 2017 — ICC Note: Children are being increasingly targeted by militants of the Central African Republic conflict. This conflict is between anti-balaka militias and Seleka forces. The fighting has been going on...
Pope Francis Pleads For An End To The Scandal Of Child SoldieringDecember 2, 2016 — ICC Note: We have a duty to protect children from being forced into becoming self destructing killing machines used by extremists. The church raising her united voice against soldiering is...