From The Telegraph:
The Lord's Resistance Army, which specialises in abducting and murdering the young, has turned on a new and pitifully vulnerable target: the children of southern Sudan, one of Africa's most isolated and troubled regions.
The LRA, which emerged in neighbouring Uganda and has kidnapped tens of thousands of children during two decades of guerrilla war, is now striking across a vast area of bush and plain along Sudan's south-western frontier.
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My Comment: This is just the tip of the iceberg. Africa is racked with this type of child abuse from one end of the continent to the other, and the present trend indicates that this type of abuse is only getting worse.
Update: Pakistani Taliban preys on youths to bolster forces -- Chicago Tribune
2nd Comment: Hmmmm .... it appears that the Africans are not the only ones who are involved in this gruesome trade.