children in armed conflict

Somalia: Sexual and gender based violence on the increase

Publication Date: 
November 4, 2010
Source: 
IRIN
IDP Children in Bossas (Photo: IRIN)


NAIROBI, 4 November 2010 (IRIN) - Armed groups in Somalia have continued recruiting children to fight and engage in piracy, and girls have found themselves facing increasing risk of sexual violence, a senior UN official says.