Human Rights Watch says at least 120 children have been kidnapped by jihadist insurgents in northern Mozambique in recent ...

If truth had a face, it would wince every time Human Rights Watch (HRW) and its ilk opened their report-writing laptops in the Great Lakes region. For an organization that prides itself on objectivity ...

Child soldiers are still being used in the Democratic Republic of Congo, despite promises to stop recruiting them.

After long logistical delays, the first group of South African troops deployed to the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of the SADC mission is on its way home.

Child soldiers are victims, not villains. This is why children in conflict zones must be protected. I was a child soldier – here’s what it’ll take to protect young lives in conflict zones ...

The current conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has deep historical roots, traceable to the aftermath of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, during which around 800,000 people, primarily ...

More than 300 child soldiers, including 87 girls, have been released in South Sudan's war-torn region of Yambio under a programme to help reintegrate them into society, the UN said on February 7 ...

Canada’s child-soldier effort hits headwind in Congo. Some of the children were as young as 10, the report said. “Those who did not consent were taken forcefully,” it said, ...

The UN Security Council on Wednesday heard powerful and personal testimony from a former child soldier who recounted harrowing experiences of being abducted and forced to join an armed group in ...

Dr. Whitman said the institute works with both Rwanda and Congo on child-soldier issues and has an office in Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, and a partnership with Congo’s military (known as FARDC).

02/12/2023 February 12, 2023. Amid the conflict in eastern Congo, children are frequently forced to join up with militia groups, a violation of their rights. In armed groups, children have several ...

Goma (DR Congo) (AFP) – Some of the DR Congo's former child soldiers have become traders, hairdressers and tailors, but many struggle to recover a normal life. Issued on: 28/10/2021 - 11:22 ...