SADC is a regional economic bloc comprising 16 member states: Angola, Botswana, the Comoros, the Democratic Republic of the Congo ... 14 South African soldiers have been killed, including at ...

The problem persists because children’s presence on the battlefield throws the training and ethics of professional soldiers ...

the Democratic Republic of Congo and US-led coalition soldiers in Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia.The devastating effect of this grave, yet persistent, tragedy extends beyond the individual child. It ...

Being able to carry on with schooling in a safe environment can curb child recruitment and empower young people for the ...

GENEVA, April 11 — The UN condemned today the widespread rape of children in conflict-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where thousands were reportedly ... this year’s conflict in eastern DRC ...

Thousands of children have been subjected to rape and sexual violence in conflict-battered eastern Congo over the course of ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Thousands of children have been subjected to rape and sexual violence in conflict-battered eastern Congo over the ... on initial data (…) a child was raped every half ...

FILE - Women and children eat Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025 in a Goma, eastern Congo school where they found shelter after their soldier husbands and fathers were sent to Rumangabo for mixing and ...