U.N.: Over 435,000 displaced, children forced to fight in Mali

Article here. For "children", read "boys". Imagine if girls were forced into military "service" by thugs and bandits (polite words for them)-- do you think the UN would be sitting on its hands doing pretty much nothing? It just goes on and on. Problems for girls and women are a huge crisis requiring multinational intervention. Problems for boys and men draw a small article on the blog section of the LA Times. Excerpt:

'The chaos has also worsened an existing food crisis, leaving 4.6 million people in need of aid, according to the World Food Program. Swarms of locusts threaten to add to their woes, though the World Food Program says it is unclear whether the insects have reached the north.

Armed groups in the north have also continued to recruit and use children as fighters, UNICEF said Friday. Last month, the agency reported that at least 175 boys had been recruited in the region; the numbers are now believed to be in the hundreds and still rising, the agency warned.'

Though to be fair, look at the big picture. The way things are going there, being coerced into armed service may end up being the least of one's problems given that they are on the verge of a much bigger problem consisting of getting enough to eat. And also with that, it hardly gets any MSM coverage. Lovely world we got here.