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There were no reports of under-18s being used in the armed forces.

There were no reports of under-18s in the armed forces.

There were no reports of under-18s in government armed forces. Guinean nationals, including children, who had taken part in the Liberian conflict were demobilized from Liberian armed groups, but only very few took part in demobilization programs. There were reports of re-recruitment of former combatants.

There were no reports of child soldiers serving in the armed forces, although by law children aged under 16 years could be enlisted with parental consent.

No children were reported to be serving in the armed forces. Children were members of or implicated in the activities of gangs involved in criminal violence.

There were no reports of under-18s in the armed forces.

There were no reports of under-18s in the armed forces. There were reports of under-18s and former child soldiers being recruited for use in neighbouring Guinea and Côte d’Ivoire in 2004–5. Several thousand children underwent the official demobilization process, but UNICEF reported that the needs of girls were not being met adequately. By July 2006, according to the UN, there was no known group in Liberia that used or recruited child soldiers, but there was a continuing risk of re-recruitment. Former president Charles Taylor went on trial in The Hague for crimes against humanity, war crimes and other serious violations of international law, including the recruitment of child soldiers, committed in Sierra Leone.