The United States State Department released a new snapshot of how governments around the world are doing in putting an end to their use of child soldiers. Its 2015 list names eight governments – Burma, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen that are recruiting or using children in their armed forces, or supporting militias or other armed groups that use child soldiers. The number of countries named is down from a high of 10 in 2013, and the State Department notes that child recruitment is decreasing in several countries.