Human Rights Watch details Boko Haram's treatment of children. Child soldiers, rape and forced marriage. Yahoo/CSM

A new report details Boko Haram's brutal treatment of children. Yahoo/CSM. Human Rights Watch details the atrocities the Nigerian based terror group have committed, including rape, forced marriage, the use of child soldiers and slave labor. The report comes after even more children have been abducted by the terror group. There had been hope that some of these children would be released after a cease fire deal but the negotiations fell apart when Boko Haram kidnapped even more women and girls. Boko Haram is also slaughtering civilians, with 7,000 killed, 4,000 of which were killed this year. Human Rights Watch also criticized Nigeria's response to Boko Haram saying that the government should be doing more to help the victims.

My Comment:

Boko Haram has been largely overshadowed by other recent events but they still exist and are still evil. The fact that they are doing such evil things to children should cause more outrage, but other then the twitter slacktavist hashtag campaign #bringbackourgirls, nothing has really been done. If nothing else it shows that radical Islam isn't just a problem in the Middle East. It's a huge problem in Africa as well. 

As for what should be done about them, that's really up to Nigeria. There is no appetite for anyone in the West to take on Boko Haram and that isn't going to change anytime soon unless they do something incredibly stupid. They would really have to start attacking western targets abroad or at home to get on the radar of the United States and Europe, at least from the standpoint of the public. Nigeria might not be up to the task though.