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Published 17 January 2021
Recently, the Governor of Borno State, Prof Babagana Zulum, revealed that some foreign interests sponsor the Boko Haram terrorist group to recruit children as fighters.
He, therefore, urged Nigerians not to see the insurgency in the north-eastern states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa as a northern problem but a challenge that affects everyone.
For years, there had been reports of children being used as suicide bombers by the insurgents.
In 2019, the United Nations Children’s Fund revealed that the insurgents used children to carry out attacks on Konduga town in Borno State on June 18, 2019. It said the suicide bombers killed no fewer than 30 persons in the triple suicide attack.
Ian Johnstone
Ian Johnstone is a professor of international law at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. From 2018 to 2019 he served as dean ad interim. From 2013 to 2015, he was the academic dean. Prior to joining Fletcher in 2000, Johnstone served in the United Nations’ Executive Office of the Secretary-General and in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations.
Articles written by Ian Johnstone
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Staff members of Level-2 Field Hospital No. 3 participate in a training session in Ho Chi Minh City, December 23, 2020. Photo: Duyen Phan / Tuoi Tre
Vietnam’s Ministry of National Defense has begun the final stage of training for a group of soldiers before sending them to South Sudan for United Nations peacekeeping missions.
The Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations under the Ministry of National Defense coordinated with the Military Hospital 175 to commence the last training phase of Level-2 Field Hospital No. 3 in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday.
This was an important part of the preparations in terms of the hospital’s operation, command, and management capacity, as well as professional protocol.
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