More and more child soldiers in Yemen
In the civil war in Yemen are increasingly used children as soldiers.
'We have seen children of ten years,' said a spokeswoman. Their promised money, or they are lured with recognition as a soldier. The child soldiers are used as sentries, but also sent to the front.
Children have already heavy to endure in the impoverished country on the Arabian Peninsula. 'Every five minutes a child dies in Yemen under five from a disease that is easily treatable, including diarrhea, pneumonia or measles,' said a spokesman for UNICEF.