Human Rights Watch says an Islamist group operating in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province used boys as young as 13 in attacks on a town last week
An Islamist group operating in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province used boys as young as 13 in attacks on a town last week and residents who were forced to flee the fighting recognized some of the child soldiers as their missing relatives, advocacy group Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.
At least 10 people, mostly soldiers, were reportedly killed in the latest fighting and about 700 residents fled to nearby forests to escape the attacks, according to the HRW report. Recruiting children under the age of 15 as soldiers is a war crime under international law. In February judges at the International Criminal Court granted reparations of more than 52 million euros to thousands of victims of a convicted commander of a Ugandan rebel group, which included former child soldiers.
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