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U.S. Puts Nigeria on Its Child Soldiers List, Exposing Africa’s Most Populous Nation to Military Aid Cuts

Nigeria joins Congo, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Ethiopia and the Central African Republic among 14 governments named under the Child Soldiers Prevention Act, which bars some U.S. military training, financing and arms sales unless the president waives it.

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Bola Ahmed Tinubu
Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at his inauguration on May 29, 2023. (File photo)Nosa Asemota / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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