Child soldiers carried out attack that killed at least 138 people in Burkina Faso, officials say

“Every now and then, one stumbles across photographs of fighters who clearly look underage,” said Héni Nsaibia, a senior researcher at the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED), “and testimonies from hostages have also reported the young age of the fighters in the groups holding them, but generally the fighters are in their upper teens.”