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This remote Mexican village is arming children to fight violent drug traffickers

By Mark A. Bonta / February 25, 2020 / Comments Off on This remote Mexican village is arming children to fight violent drug traffickers

Besieged by violent drug traffickers, and lacking police or military support from the government, indigenous farmers in Mexico are arming women and young boys to help defend their homes and villages. The strategy has drawn the attention of news media, and Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who said that arming children is “cruel.” But […]

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Here’s how the fragile peace in South Sudan could shatter

By Mark A. Bonta / October 22, 2019 / Comments Off on Here’s how the fragile peace in South Sudan could shatter

Additional writing by Josh Wilson The great international powers want a permanent peace — now. The opposition promises if that if things are rushed, South Sudan’s bloody civil war will reignite, indiscriminately consuming lives, property, land and hope. The outcomes of that war so far have been horrific — millions of refugees, hundreds of thousands […]

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Nigeria group releases more than 800 child soldiers

By Heather Bourbeau / November 30, 2018 / Comments Off on Nigeria group releases more than 800 child soldiers

Nigeria’s Civilian Joint Task Force has released 833 child soldiers, and has agreed with United Nations demands to stop recruiting children into its fight against Boko Haram. Founded in 2013, CJTF is an association of vigilante groups. The UN estimates there had been 1,175 boys and 294 girls fighting or working for CJTF in the […]

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