Can Tamil Tigers be rehabilitated?A $23m foreign-backed program in Sri Lanka is attempting to “rehabilitate” former members of the Tamil Tigers, many of whom were forcibly recruited and some as young as 12. But with anti-Tamil sentiment still raging, will Sri Lankans really accept former militants into their society?
Child soldier
War, child soldiers, Africa and Charles Taylor: on trial at the Hague
Liberian leader Charles Taylor yesterday had the dubious honour of being the first African leader to go to trial at the Hague for war crimes, specifically terrorism, murder, rape, sexual slavery, pillage and conscripting children under the age of 15.
Conflict in the Congo: a Crikey wrap
UN peacekeeping forces stand by useless as the rebels bump up recruitment of child soldiers and refugees keep pouring out of conflict zones, raising fears of a cholera outbreak in camps…
