Wednesday, January 2, 2019

On the Front Line of the Saudi War in Yemen: Child Soldiers From Darfur - The New York Times

The civil war in Darfur robbed Hager Shomo Ahmed of almost any hope. Raiders had stolen his family’s cattle, and a dozen years of bloodshed had left his parents destitute. Then, around the end of 2016, Saudi Arabia offered a lifeline: The kingdom would pay as much as $10,000 if Hager joined its forces fighting 1,200 miles away in Yemen.....
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/28/world/africa/saudi-sudan-yemen-child-fighters.html

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