Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone
Rebel soldiers came to the village of a ten-year old boy in Sierra Leone. His mother refused to go with them, so she was raped and killed while Jonah was forced to watch. Then he and a group of other children were forced to walk days without food, carrying heavy supplies. When t hey reach the camp, they were trained to kill and taught to loot villages. His friend tried to escape and was killed by the rebels.
Location
Sierra Leone · Sierra Leone · 2003 (location generalized to protect survivors)
Response & intervention
The victim is now 14. The civil war is over, and he lives on the street hawking goods because he has nowhere else to go. More information: www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt2003/21262.htm
He got out of forced military slavery only after the war ended.
Documented on the original SlaveryMap (2008–2016). We don't have a verifiable source on file yet — use “Report a problem” below to add one.