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  • A Liberian child soldier carries a gun in the capital city, Monrovia. EPA
    A Liberian child soldier carries a gun in the capital city, Monrovia. EPA
  • Children as young as 9 fight for Liberia’s government forces. EPA
    Children as young as 9 fight for Liberia’s government forces. EPA
  • A Yemeni boy poses with a Kalashnikov assault rifle during a gathering of newly recruited Houthi fighters in the capital Sanaa, to mobilise more fighters to battlefronts in the war against pro-government forces. AFP
    A Yemeni boy poses with a Kalashnikov assault rifle during a gathering of newly recruited Houthi fighters in the capital Sanaa, to mobilise more fighters to battlefronts in the war against pro-government forces. AFP
  • A child soldier who would not give his age to journalists, in an ethnic Hema militia camp near Bunia in the Democratic Republic of Congo. EPA
    A child soldier who would not give his age to journalists, in an ethnic Hema militia camp near Bunia in the Democratic Republic of Congo. EPA
  • An armed youngster, loyal to the Houthi movement that controls Sanaa in Yemen, sits amid rubble. AFP
    An armed youngster, loyal to the Houthi movement that controls Sanaa in Yemen, sits amid rubble. AFP
  • A former child soldier holds a gun during a release ceremony near Yambio, South Sudan. Reuters
    A former child soldier holds a gun during a release ceremony near Yambio, South Sudan. Reuters
  • Syrian fighters Ahmed, 13, and Faris, 16, in Salah Al Din, a district of Aleppo. AFP
    Syrian fighters Ahmed, 13, and Faris, 16, in Salah Al Din, a district of Aleppo. AFP
  • A recently released child soldier in Yambio, South Sudan. AFP
    A recently released child soldier in Yambio, South Sudan. AFP
  • Last year, more than 8,400 children were killed or injured in Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen and Somalia. AFP
    Last year, more than 8,400 children were killed or injured in Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen and Somalia. AFP