Posts Tagged by children
Somalia: Recruitment of Child Soldiers on the Rise
| May 2, 2010 | Posted by Lotte under Uncategorized |
The recruitment of child soldiers in Somalia is on the rise, both by the government and particularly by the country’s most powerful Islamist militia, al-Shabab, whose name means “the youth.” Al-Shabab’s recruitment of children partly stems from a lack of willing adults, who have been alienated by Islamist attacks on traditional Sufi saints and bans… More
Zimbabwe: Child Soldiers and Blood Diamonds
| May 1, 2010 | Posted by Lotte under Uncategorized |
On April 18th Zimbabwe celebrated its 30th independence anniversary, using child soldiers. Reports claim that these children had been taken away from their villages for indoctrination and were given army uniforms, food and military training. They were then ordered to do a military performance during the anniversary. These images show the use of children at… More
From Child into Soldier
| April 5, 2010 | Posted by Lotte under Uncategorized |
Dear all, Last night I was a guest at Atlas for Llink at Radio 1. We spoke about Mariam, a girl from Sierra Leone who fought for the RUF as a child soldier and managed to obtain the position of a commander. Besides that we discussed how children are recruited, how they are transformed into… More
The Psychology of Child Soldiering
| April 2, 2010 | Posted by Lotte under Uncategorized |
Today Radio Netherlands Worldwide broadcasted another two of my interviews on child soldiers in Africa. I spoke with Mirjam van den Berg about the psychology of child soldiering for “Bridges with Africa” (in English) and “L’Afrique en Action” (in French). Both interviews aired today; they were broadcasted by African radio channels throughout the continent and… More
Nieuwslijn – Supplement
| April 1, 2010 | Posted by Lotte under Uncategorized |
From now on you can listen to an interview I did with Peter Veenendaal for Nieuwslijn Supplement at Radio Netherlands Worldwide, broadcasted on Tuesday March 30, 2010. It’s on child soldiers and their involvement in the LRA attacks in DR Congo in December 2009. During these attacks at least 321 people were killed by the… More
Interview for Radio Netherlands Worldwide
| March 31, 2010 | Posted by Lotte under Uncategorized |
Today you can read a new article based on an interview I did with Mirjam van den Berg for Radio Netherlands Worldwide. It’s about LRA child soldiers and their recent attacks in DRC. The article contains two sound clips from the interview, in which I tell the stories of two former LRA child soldiers, Victor… More
Arnold Karskens – De Pers
| March 30, 2010 | Posted by Lotte under Uncategorized |
Because of newly reported attacks of the LRA in DR Congo, Arnold Karskens, war reporter at De Pers, wrote an article on my research. Read it in Dutch below or find it online here. Afrika 100.000 huurlingen Kindsoldaten luisteren goed en zijn niet bang Door: Arnold Karskens Gepubliceerd: zondag 28 maart 2010 23:40 Update: zondag… More
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