The boy and several others said they were forced to work as informants for the Somali intelligence agency. In recent years, U.N. officials received reports that children had been seen being paraded around by Somali intelligence agents. They said they spent years in the custody of intelligence agents and were dragged along on missions, sometimes several times a week. Somali intelligence agents called the boys “far-muuq,” they said — finger-pointers. The majority of the boys were forced to work as informants for the Somali intelligence agency, some for as long as four years.

Source: Washington Post May 07, 2016 08:33 UTC