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Violence, Violations Against Malian Children Are Skyrocketing

Lisa Schlein

   GENEVA - Violence and human rights violations against children in Mali
   are skyrocketing, according to the United Nations Children's Fund.

   Never entirely stable since a 2012 coup, Mali is now experiencing new
   unrest marked by food shortages and inter-communal clashes.

   Children in Mali are among the biggest victims of the havoc being
   perpetrated by armed groups inside the beleaguered country, says
   UNICEF.

   The U.N. agency says more than 150 children were killed in conflict in
   the first half of this year, compared with 77 in all of 2018. It says
   three times as many children were injured in attacks this year than
   last.

   UNICEF spokeswoman Marixie Mercado says some children are being used as
   child soldiers.

   "The recruitment and use of children in armed groups has doubled, with
   99 cases in 2019, against 47 over the same period in 2018," said
   Mercado. "These are figures the United Nations has verified, and the
   true figures are without doubt higher."
   

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