Mali

Ansar al Dine, an Islamist Tuareg militia, and al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb are recruiting children to wage jihad in northern Mali. The groups have been distributing food and medical aid to families.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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