Islamist groups have enlisted as many as 1,000 child soldiers, paying parents up to $4,800 per child in northern Mali, where annual per capita income is less than one-fourth that amount. Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb is providing the religious indoctrination and military training.
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