Recruitment of Child Soldiers

"Children belong to the playground, not the battlefield, the use of children's soldiers is one of the most shocking human rights violations of our time." Today, witnessing the tragedies of humanity, under 18 years of age An estimated 300,000 children are involved in armed conflict around the world. About 20 countries including the United States are positively recruiting children under the age of 18.

There is a high-profile example that high-profile children soldiers participate, which contradicts the claim that children soldiers from the government are not recruited. These children are small, but they sometimes get higher levels after service, but are condemned by human rights violations and robbers. In 2016, the Central African Republic regained a certain degree of stability, according to UN statistics, 2,691 boys and 1,206 girls were officially separated from armed groups. Nevertheless, the number of children employed and used for military purposes increased by about 50%, largely thanks to the Lord's resistance army.

The main reason for the recruitment of child soldiers in Africa is poverty. "War" itself, diffusion of small arms, lack of education, evacuation and other factors inevitably lead to recruitment of child soldiers, but poverty is the fundamental cause of these situations. Therefore, in this paper, we will demonstrate this case by investigating how Africa achieves such a high level of poverty and showing the relationship between other factors and poverty factors. In order to judge the meaning of the term "child soldier" it is necessary to first define it and describe a brief description of adopted hiring practices. This will allow us to better understand the devastating consequences of not coping with potential causes such as extreme poverty. Subsequently, this article explores the factors that explain the phenomenon of child soldiers in Africa and it is obvious that poverty is a theme that repeatedly occurs through examination of causal factors.