Nigeria Rebels Drag Children Into Battle
“In a Growing African Trend, Islamist Insurgency Forcibly Conscripts More Young People, Imperiling Government Efforts to Fight It. When Islamic militants stormed an onion field here in December, 17-year-old Ibrahim Mallam and his 14-year-old brother Bana became two more youths forced into the ranks of the Boko Haram insurgency.”
