Amisom soldiers patrol a village in Baidoa, southwestern Somalia. UN says the number of child casualties said to be inflicted by the allied forces of Amisom, KDF, Somali army and the US totalled 200 in 2016. FILE PHOTO | AFP
The African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) was responsible for killing or maiming 42 children last year, the United Nations secretary-general said in a report issued on Friday.
Air strikes by the Kenyan Defence Forces killed or injured another 11 children in Somalia, added the report on “Children and Armed Conflict”.
