{"id":7758,"date":"2019-07-10T14:44:58","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T14:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/7758-8-000-children-recruited-by-boko-haram-un\/"},"modified":"2019-07-10T14:44:58","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T14:44:58","slug":"8-000-children-recruited-by-boko-haram-un","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/7758-8-000-children-recruited-by-boko-haram-un\/","title":{"rendered":"8,000 children recruited by Boko Haram: UN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">At least 8,000 children have been recruited by the Boko Haram terrorist movement across the Lake Chad region in Central Africa since it launched its violent campaign in 2009, the<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>At least 8,000 children have been recruited by the Boko Haram terrorist movement across the Lake Chad region in Central Africa since it launched its violent campaign in 2009, the UN said in a statement on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sylvester Tunde Atere, national project officer of the UN Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC), said in a statement that the children were used by the group in combatant and noncombatant roles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Recruitment and exploitation have a long-lasting impact on children\u2019s lives,&#8221; the statement said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today, rehabilitating and reintegrating these children pose significant challenges, not only in view of their number, but also due to the intense and lasting traumatic effects,&#8221; it added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The UNODC accused Daesh-affiliated Boko Haram of raping or forcing teenage girls into marriage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 8,000 children have been recruited by the Boko Haram terrorist movement across the Lake Chad region in Central Africa since it launched its violent campaign in 2009, the\u00a0 \u00a0 At least 8,000 children have been recruited by the Boko Haram terrorist movement across the Lake Chad region in Central Africa since it launched &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19521,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[65,159,292,632],"class_list":["post-7758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-africa","tag-boko-haram","tag-children","tag-terrorist"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>8,000 children recruited by Boko Haram: UN - Shia Waves<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/7758-8-000-children-recruited-by-boko-haram-un\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"8,000 children recruited by Boko Haram: UN - Shia Waves\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"At least 8,000 children have been recruited by the Boko Haram terrorist movement across the Lake Chad region in Central Africa since it launched its violent campaign in 2009, the\u00a0 \u00a0 At least 8,000 children have been recruited by the Boko Haram terrorist movement across the Lake Chad region in Central Africa since it launched &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/7758-8-000-children-recruited-by-boko-haram-un\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Shia Waves\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-07-10T14:44:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/07\/images_2019_07_10_156005c5baf40ff51a327f1c34f2975b_997.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Behnam\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Behnam\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/7758-8-000-children-recruited-by-boko-haram-un\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/7758-8-000-children-recruited-by-boko-haram-un\/\",\"name\":\"8,000 children recruited by Boko Haram: UN - Shia Waves\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/7758-8-000-children-recruited-by-boko-haram-un\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/7758-8-000-children-recruited-by-boko-haram-un\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/07\/images_2019_07_10_156005c5baf40ff51a327f1c34f2975b_997.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-07-10T14:44:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-07-10T14:44:58+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/2dfb3393817ea58c2022356ed0dc4ed9\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/7758-8-000-children-recruited-by-boko-haram-un\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/7758-8-000-children-recruited-by-boko-haram-un\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/7758-8-000-children-recruited-by-boko-haram-un\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/07\/images_2019_07_10_156005c5baf40ff51a327f1c34f2975b_997.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/07\/images_2019_07_10_156005c5baf40ff51a327f1c34f2975b_997.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":400},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/7758-8-000-children-recruited-by-boko-haram-un\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"8,000 children recruited by Boko Haram: UN\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/\",\"name\":\"Shia Waves\",\"description\":\"Just another ShiaWaves site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/2dfb3393817ea58c2022356ed0dc4ed9\",\"name\":\"Behnam\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/author\/mahdi007\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"8,000 children recruited by Boko Haram: UN - Shia Waves","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/7758-8-000-children-recruited-by-boko-haram-un\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"8,000 children recruited by Boko Haram: UN - Shia Waves","og_description":"At least 8,000 children have been recruited by the Boko Haram terrorist movement across the Lake Chad region in Central Africa since it launched its violent campaign in 2009, the\u00a0 \u00a0 At least 8,000 children have been recruited by the Boko Haram terrorist movement across the Lake Chad region in Central Africa since it launched &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/7758-8-000-children-recruited-by-boko-haram-un\/","og_site_name":"Shia Waves","article_published_time":"2019-07-10T14:44:58+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/07\/images_2019_07_10_156005c5baf40ff51a327f1c34f2975b_997.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Behnam","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Behnam","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/7758-8-000-children-recruited-by-boko-haram-un\/","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/7758-8-000-children-recruited-by-boko-haram-un\/","name":"8,000 children recruited by Boko Haram: UN - Shia Waves","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/7758-8-000-children-recruited-by-boko-haram-un\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/7758-8-000-children-recruited-by-boko-haram-un\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/07\/images_2019_07_10_156005c5baf40ff51a327f1c34f2975b_997.jpg","datePublished":"2019-07-10T14:44:58+00:00","dateModified":"2019-07-10T14:44:58+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/2dfb3393817ea58c2022356ed0dc4ed9"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/7758-8-000-children-recruited-by-boko-haram-un\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/7758-8-000-children-recruited-by-boko-haram-un\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/7758-8-000-children-recruited-by-boko-haram-un\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/07\/images_2019_07_10_156005c5baf40ff51a327f1c34f2975b_997.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/07\/images_2019_07_10_156005c5baf40ff51a327f1c34f2975b_997.jpg","width":600,"height":400},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/7758-8-000-children-recruited-by-boko-haram-un\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"8,000 children recruited by Boko Haram: UN"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/","name":"Shia Waves","description":"Just another ShiaWaves site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/2dfb3393817ea58c2022356ed0dc4ed9","name":"Behnam","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/author\/mahdi007\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}