The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday condemned the rape of numerous children by armed groups, likely from ...

The U.N. children's fund says armed men in eastern Congo raped hundreds of children and recruited child soldiers at unprecedented levels as the conflict in the mineral- rich region intensified in rece ...

UN agency says children as young as 12 are also being enlisted or coerced to join the fighting by armed groups.

Dozens of children caught up in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been subjected to sexual ...

In the North and South Kivu provinces, we are receiving horrific reports of grave violations against children by parties to the conflict,’ says UN agency’s executive director ...

In eastern Congo, armed men have committed severe humanitarian crimes, including the rape of hundreds of children and ...

The UN children’s fund on Thursday accused armed men, likely on both sides of the conflict in eastern Congo, of raping scores of children over the past weeks as rebels expand their footprint and push ...

The UN children's fund has also warned that child soldiers are being recruited at unprecedented levels as the conflict in ...

MILITIAS fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are recruiting child soldiers and raping hundreds of children, UN children’s fund Unicef said today.

Armed men have raped dozens of children in eastern Congo over the past weeks, UNICEF says. It comes as rebels expand their footprint in the area and push government forces out. At such a critical ...

Sweden has donated $11 million (€10.6 million) to a programme to support children and young people in the district of Palma, in the Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, which has been facing an armed ...

The second world war marked a turning point in the history of childhood. To train young people to build peace, authorities ...