The first Chechen War was fought between Russia and the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. The war lasted from 1994 to 1996 and resulted in the death and displacement of thousands of Chechens. The conflict has its roots in the constitution that Chechnya adopted in 1992...
The problem of child soldiers isn’t limited to wars and nowhere is this more evident than in Brazil. In almost half of the 700 favelas (slums) of Brazil drug gangs are in control. This has led to a marked increase in the number of young people being...
The conflict in Colombia began 50 years ago between rebel groups (most notably FARC rebels) and the government. In this time over 50,000 people have lost their lives, as well as leaving Colombia with the largest population of internally displaced people. The...
The Civil War in Sierra Leone started in 1991 and lasted for 11 years, taking the lives of over 50,000 people, forcing hundreds of thousands of people from their homes and leaving thousands of people with permanent injuries. One of the big casualties of this war were...
Boko Haram is a terrorist group based in the north east of Nigeria who came to international attention in April 2014 when they kidnapped 276 female students from the Government Secondary School in Borno State. The group have gone on to use some of these girls as well...
