UN: Hundreds Of Thousands Of Child Soldiers Kept In Slavery -- The Telegraph
More than 11,000 child soldiers were freed from military slavery last year, but the United Nations has said there may still be hundreds of thousands left around the world.
The UN believes hundreds of thousands of children are forced to fight at gunpoint by the Taliban in Afghanistan, Congo warlord Bosco Ntaganda, the Shebab in Somalia, Ansar Dine in Mali and other terror groups and private armies around the world.
The 14-year jail term ordered against Thomoas Lubanga by the International Criminal Court on Tuesday is a "historic" signal, according to Radhika Coomaraswamy, who ends a six-year term this month as UN special representative on children in conflict.
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Update: Warlords enslave huge armies of child soldiers -- AFP
My Comment: As long as there is war ... there will be child soldiers.