kadogo

plural kadogos

1. CongoEasternA child soldier. Usually refers to the eastern Congolese rebel armies that used numerous child soldiers.

   In the early months of 1998, Kabila's army was a loose pastiche of kadogo, Katangan Tigers, and new recruits.

   2011, Jason K Stearns, Dancing in the Glory of Monsters, PublicAffairs, published 2012, page 183

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   In brief, the kadogos and the Angolans had different sets of grievances, yet they both converged on the same target.

   2009, René Lemarchand, The Dynamics of Violence in Central Africa, Philadelphia, page 239

   With their retreat route cut off, the FAC kadogo began defecting in droves, many fleeing across the border into Zambia.

   2013, Tom Cooper, Great Lakes Conflagration, Helion & Company, page 55