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Youngest Warriors.
Readers appreciated our May 13 article on Sierra Leone's child soldiers for drawing attention to "an underreported atrocity." Many were disturbed by the accounts of the young boys' experiences, and some blamed the United States for not doing more to help these innocent victims.
Child Soldiers in Africa
Well done, NEWSWEEK, for your coverage of such an underreported atrocity as that of child soldiers (" 'We Beat and Killed People... '," World Affairs, May 13). As I read the horrific accounts of those young Sierra Leoneans caught up in war, I wondered why such an outrage had not been better covered in the Western press. When Europe and the United States ...
- U.N.: 424 Sierra Leone child soldiers freed.
- News wire article from: United Press International May 25, 2001 700+ words
...2001 UNICEF says 424 child soldiers and abductees were...United Front in Makeni, Sierra Leone, bringing to 591 the...to stop the use of child soldiers. "We are greatly...UNICEF representative in Sierra Leone in a statement released...
- SIERRA LEONE: CHILD SOLDIERS HANDED OVER TO UNICEF BY FIGHTING FORCES.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 13, 2000 700+ words
...Ninety-two of them were child soldiers - the first group to released...pro-government forces in Sierra Leone since war broke out last...of the fighting forces in Sierra Leone.'' The children were released...Burca. The rebel war in Sierra Leone has affected the lives ...
- UNICEF CALLS ON ALL PARTIES IN SIERRA LEONE TO KEEP PROMISES ON CHILD SOLDIERS.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire May 10, 2000 700+ words
...Children's Fund in Sierra Leone said today that...recruitment of child soldiers, a practice...s office in Sierra Leone. ``The very...least 40 former child soldiers and had attempted...estimates that during Sierra Leone's nine-year...
- Court convicts over child soldiers.(SIERRA LEONE)
- Magazine article from: New Internationalist September 1, 2007 700+ words
...crimes court for Sierra Leone has handed down...recruiting and using child soldiers. Thousands of...sides during Sierra Leone's brutal 11...Special Court for Sierra Leone found three men...recruitment and use of child soldiers. 'The use of...
- Face to face with former child soldiers--and hope: Messenger of Peace Michael...
- Magazine article from: UN Chronicle Acosta, Yvonne June 1, 2003 700+ words
...agreed to go to Sierra Leone to film a documentary...dozens of former child soldiers to reclaim lost...What's Going On? Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone", produced in...centre for former child soldiers and taking a journey...
- Growing Up In Africa's Cruelest War Zone.(child soldiers of Sierra Leone)(Brief...
- Magazine article from: Newsweek International Masland, Tom July 9, 2001 700+ words
...kill them." Child soldiers never get a...establish the Sierra Leone state. "The...the freeing of child soldiers. "Right now...experiences. Most child soldiers adapt fast to...laborers in Sierra Leone, according...
- First Child Soldiers Released.(Sierra Leone)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: UN Chronicle Rutsch, Horst June 22, 2000 700+ words
...government forces in Sierra Leone was handed over by pro...is the first group of child soldiers released by pro-government forces in Sierra Leone since President Kabbah...10,000 children in Sierra Leone have been separated...
- Voices of the Children: "We beat and killed people...": Leaders gather at the...
- Magazine article from: Newsweek Masland, Tom May 13, 2002 700+ words
...The four boys from Makeni, Sierra Leone, won't be among child delegates...more exploited than the kids of Sierra Leone. They may not come from a strategically...February, and condemned the use of child soldiers and their sexual exploitation...
Source: HighBeam Research, Youngest Warriors.