There are no reliable estimates of how many children are associated with the armed forces and armed groups.
The early closure of 3,600 schools (76% of the country’s total) due to insecurity, which impeded about 1.85 million children to take this year’s final exams, makes children more susceptible to recruitment by the many armed groups.79
37.5% of a total of 32 surveyors of an assessment carried out in Abyan directly observed children below 18 carrying arms.80
UNICEF verified that 159 boys were recruited by armed groups – all since the escalation of the conflict in March 2015.81
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