Djibouti: Treatment of Afar youth and children by the government; whether they are being recruited by rebel groups to participate in combat (1997-1999)
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 27 July 1999 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | DJI32325.E |
| Reference | 1 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Djibouti: Treatment of Afar youth and children by the government; whether they are being recruited by rebel groups to participate in combat (1997-1999), 27 July 1999, DJI32325.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ad482c.html [accessed 3 November 2019] |
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No information on the treatment of Afar youth and children by the government, particularly whether they are being recruited by rebel groups to participate in combat could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate. The only reports available is on forced conscription of Afars in Eritrea, not in Djibouti (Radio Ethiopia, 23 Apr. 1999).
It might be of interest to know that according to Radio Ethiopia, the general-secretary of the Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization stated that "over 7,000 Eritrean Afars have fled to neighbouring countries in the past few months" (ibid.). The general-secretary added that "only during the past month of March [1999] a total of Eritrean Afars have entered Yemen and Djibouti fleeing the persecution [in Eritrea]" (ibid.).
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Radio Ethiopia [Addis Ababa, in English]. "Eritrean Afars Fleeing Persecution, Forced Conscription, Ethiopian Report." (BBC Summary 24 Apr. 1999/NEXIS)
Sources Consulted
Africa Confidential: 1996-1999
African Human Rights Newsletter: 1996-1999
African Review: 1996-1998
Africa Research Bulletin: 1996-1999
Africa Today
Afrique contemporaine: 1996-1999
Canadian Journal of African Studies/Journal canadien d'études africaines: 1996-1998
Current History: 1996-1999
Horn of Africa Bulletin.: 1996-1999
The Indian Ocean Newsletter: 1996-1999
Jeune Afrique: 1996-1999
Journal of Contemporary African Studies: 1996-1998
Journal of Modern African Studies: 1996-1998
L'Autre afrique: 1996-1999
: 1996-1999
Le Monde Diplomatique
Sources électroniques : WNC, LEXIS-NEXIS, Internet
Two oral sources did not have information on this subject.
