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 ...

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 ...

They've fled to a transit home for child soldiers in Goma, run by Concerted Action for Disadvantaged Youth and Children with money and expertise provided by the U.N. Children's Fund.

UNICEF – the United Nations children’s agency – has also documented the recruitment of child soldiers in record numbers, with more than 1,500 used in armed conflict during the first half of 2022, ...

M23 fighters and Rwandan soldiers have seized Goma and Bukavu, the capitals of North and South Kivu provinces respectively. In South Kivu, more than 150,000 people have been forced to flee, UN ...

First, we found that war disrupted the family’s ability to provide safety and security, and both children and their caregivers might suffer from the emotional and psychological toll of the conflict.

‘Child was raped every half an hour’ in two months in eastern DR Congo: UN. Up to 45 percent of nearly 10,000 sexual violence cases reported in DRC’s conflict zone in January and February ...

“The loss of our 14 soldiers in the DRC has shattered the hearts of millions in our nation. To the families who have lost a son, a husband, a father, and a brother – we are so sorry.

The first group of South African soldiers deployed to the Democratic Republic of Congo, arrive back in the country today. South Africa sent around one thousand five hundred troops to the DRC as ...

“The loss of our 14 soldiers in the DRC has shattered the hearts of millions in our nation. To the families who have lost a son, a husband, a father, and a brother – we are so sorry.