By: Josh Boyter

26 AprDallaire: ‘The younger generation is screaming to get engaged’


Original Article Link By: Michael Posner In 1994, a teenage soldier thrust a rifle under the nose of Roméo Dallaire, commander…

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13 AprFighting to let children be children


Original Article Link By: Lois Legge As executive director of Romeo Dallaire’s Child Soldiers Initiative, Shelly Whitman has seen a lot….

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20 MarChild pirates: A world away from play


Original Article Link By: DalNews When an international naval vessel is being attacked by modern day pirates off the coast of…

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15 FebNew Initiative Sets Out to Prevent Child Soldiers


By: Nina DeVries FREETOWN— It’s been over a decade since the civil war ended in Sierra Leone.  During the war, 50,000…

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12 FebAnalysis: Girl child soldiers face new battles in civilian life


Original Article Link By: IRIN News JOHANNESBURG, 12 February 2023 (IRIN) - Girl child soldiers are often thought of only as…

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12 FebOnce a recruiter, Sierra Leone a leader in preventing child soldiers


Original Article Link By: LGen Roméo Dallaire and Dr. Shelly Whitman With French warplanes bombing Timbuktu, the recent announcement by Sierra…

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03 OctComing of Age in a Guantanamo Jumpsuit


Original Article Link By: Fawzia Sheikh TORONTO, Oct 3 2012 (IPS) - Plenty of monikers have been attached to Omar Khadr,…

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16 MarICC Convicts Rebel For Recruiting Child Soldiers


Original Article Link By: NPR

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12 FebChild pirates are everybody’s problem


Original Article Link By: LGen Roméo Dallaire (Ret’d), Hugh Williamson and Dr. Shelly Whitman Dealing with piracy is proving to be…

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