The Recruitment Of Child Soldiers By The Tigray People’s Liberation Front In Ethiopia
"It is a known fact that children under the age of 18 have been regularly recruited by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) in Ethiopia. Local Tigrayans have reported the occurrence of children participating in wartime activities. This is happening alongside reports from government soldiers fighting against the TPLF that children within the TPLF are being used as fodder. This is an impending crisis within the Tigray conflict. Many children in the area are now in a vulnerable position in terms of their own safety as the conflict continues in the region. It is crucial that this issue is addressed for the well-being of all the children in the Tigray whose lives are being heavily affected by this continuing conflict.
It has been reported by the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) that the TPLF have indeed been actively using children within their army. In particular, the TPLF are using child soldiers as a first line of defense against opposing forces, with the children being the first sent to fight against the ENDF while the rest of the TPLF forces follow behind. The ENDF soldiers have also described their response to the use of child soldiers by stating that they are not firing back against the children. They claim that in at least one case children involved in the TPLF forces dropped their weapons and ran to a nearby village to find safety.
The TPLF is using child soldiers to maintain the ongoing conflict between Ethiopia and the Tigray rebel forces. In fact, these child soldiers are being used for the purpose of creating human waves with the intent to overwhelm the ENDF. For instance, there is now evidence pointing to how the TPLF involved child soldiers in their moves to invade the Afar and Amhara regions. The children rescued by the ENDF have explained that they were recruited by the TPLF. The TPLF have recognized that ENDF will not directly shoot at children which has led to Tigray rebel forces using these children as human shields against attacks." ..... Read more
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