ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Aboke abductions

Okay, imagine you're playing with your friends outside and suddenly, someone you don't know comes up to you and takes you away without your parents knowing or giving permission. That's kind of what happened to some children in a place called Aboke in Africa.

Many years ago, there was a group of bad people who wanted to start a war in Aboke. They wanted to use young children as soldiers, so they abducted some of them from their schools. Being abducted means being taken away forcefully without permission.

The children who were taken were very scared and didn't know what was happening. They were taken to a place far away from their families and forced to do things they didn't want to do. Some were made to carry guns and fight in a war they didn't understand.

Thankfully, some of the children were able to escape and go back to their families, but others never came back. This made many people angry and sad, and they worked hard to make sure all the children who were abducted were found and brought back to their families safely.

Now, people in Aboke are much more careful and work together to make sure everyone is safe and no one else is taken away like that again. It's important to remember that everyone deserves to be safe and free, no matter where they live or what they believe in.