 The United Nations has stated that the terrorist group Boko Haram has recruited about 8,000 children to help in its war against the Nigerian state. While calling for a step-up of efforts to protect child victims and witnesses in terrorism-related court proceedings in Nigeria, the UN agencies said that some boys and girls were used as human shields and to detonate weapons. And for human rights, I received consistent reports that some boys and girls were increasingly being used as human shields and to detonate bombs, not just in Nigeria, but in Cameroon and Niger Republic. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, child recruitment started since the start of Boko Haram crisis in the Northeast in 2009. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.