New report says child abductions by al - Qaeda on the rise in Somalia . The children all died and the bigger soldiers ran away , '' the youth told Human Rights Watch . Children used as human shields , Human Rights Watch says . Somalia transitional government criticized for using child soldiers . An international conference on Somalia takes place there .
New report says child abductions by al - Qaeda on the rise in Somalia . Children used as human shields , Human Rights Watch says . Somalia transitional government criticized for using child soldiers . An international conference on Somalia takes place there .