Many miners are forced to find other ways to survive, including by joining armed groups.
Speaking at a national security conference on Tuesday, Britain's most senior police officer, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, said up to five British jihadis were joining armed groups every week.
Several protest leaders urged the demonstrators to leave Mong Kok, but they refused, instead joining arms and forming human chains, and as news of the attacks spread, waves of supporters joined them.
Mali and Mauritania both have high rates of child marriage, but NGOs working at the camp are trying to provide education and training opportunities to dissuade both child marriage and young men from joining armed groups.
While pro-HB 2 forces held their rally, about 20 people opposing the law held a sit-in outside McCrory's office in the old Capitol to protest, joining arms and singing songs including We Shall Not Be Moved.
"There are millions of people living in poverty — why aren't more of them joining armed movements?
A growing crowd of at least 250 people, joining arms to partly surround the station, chanted slogans like "No justice, no peace.
They are also providing sports and other programmes that give adolescents alternatives to joining armed militias.
He spoke with a number of teenagers and says they run the risk of joining armed groups.
Segars was the 16th employee to join Arm and led the development of the Arm7 and Arm9, the processors in the first digital mobile phones.
