 Between 2012 and 2015 as many as 10,000 children were used by armed groups in the nationwide armed conflict and children were still being used.The mainly Muslim "Séléka" coalition of armed groups and the predominantly Christian "Anti-balaka" militias have both used children in this way; some are as young as eight.In May 2015 at the "Forum de Bangui" (a meeting of government, parliament, armed groups, civil society and religious leaders), a number of armed groups agreed to demobilise thousands of children.