Roughly 21 000 children have been recruited as soldiers by government forces and armed groups across Africa in the past five ...

On December 31, 2024, the United Nations warned that armed groups have increased recruitment and use of children for armed ...

Around a decade later, a protocol prohibiting the recruitment and use as soldiers of all children under 18 years ... AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and ...

and soldiers from the Economic Community Cease-fire Monitoring Group (ECOMOG), a peacekeeping force set up by the Economic Community of West African States. Children recruited as soldiers by the ...

Four more South African soldiers have been killed in fighting with M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the ...

commitment – by way of a convention – to protect children from being recruited as soldiers, the practice continues with Africa at the forefront. The UN Convention on the rights of the child was hailed ...

soldiers are forcibly abducting children from their homes."In Malakal, government forces are even taking children from right outside the United Nations compound," said the organisation's Africa ...

Child soldiers, underage gold miners, street vendors and cocoa plantation workers: After years of decline in child labor, the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed many African children back to work.

Former Central African soldier Derrick Ngamana’s family finds itself in a Kafkaesque struggle to recover his remains after he ...

As violence and instability rise, African countries must reaffirm their commitment to protecting children and support DDR initiatives. Roughly 21 000 children have been recruited as soldiers by ...