(AFP) – Nine child soldiers were handed over on Friday to UN peacekeepers in the Mali city of Kidal, which is controlled by a former rebel group, a UN spokesman announced in New York. “Good news from our colleagues in the peacekeeping mission in Mali…. Nine child combatants were handed over to the UN mission in Kidal this morning,” the spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, told reporters.
UN says nine child soldiers handed over to peacekeepers in Mali
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