Child Soldiers

Islamists in Mali recruit, pay for young fighters

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

Associated Press Young fighters, including 13-year-old Abdullahi, right, and 14-year-old Hamadi, second right, display their Quranic studies notes for a journalist as their Islamist commanders look on Sept. 27 in Douentza, Mali. Islamists in northern Mali have recruited and paid for as many as 1,00...

MOPTI, Mali—Salif Haidara sat drinking tea on the side of the road with other weary bus passengers when a man with a turban and a long beard approached them: Did they want to become holy warriors?

The skinny teen had left his poor hometown in the desert with only the yellow tank...

Published: 10/05/2012