In countries such as Mozambique, Liberia, El Salvador, and Guatemala peace accords led to the demobilization of many child soldiers in recent years. However, in other areas the use of child ...

In the North and South Kivu provinces, we are receiving horrific reports of grave violations against children by parties to ...

Many child soldiers were being sent to Interim Care Centers ... IT NO LONGER REQURIES A HELICOPTER to get to Kono, a testament to Sierra Leone’s rebuilding efforts in recent years. In January, I made ...

Child soldiers suffer from serious psychological disorders, including psychological trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, psychological tension, sleep problems and hostile ...

The U.N. children’s fund is accusing armed men, likely on both sides of the conflict in eastern Congo, of raping scores of ...

And it’s often been children doing the fighting. Thousands have been recruited as child soldiers over the years -- an issue the United Nations called “endemic” in 2013. Balezi Bagunda wants ...

The U.N. says more than 110,000 displaced people have in recent days left settlement camps in eastern Congo’s cities ...

The recent Rowan County arrest of Fort Liberty master sergeant on child sex crime allegations is not the only case of a local soldier charged with such crimes. According to military and local ...