YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – A Catholic official in the Democratic Republic of Congo says faith ... by War Child UK and War Child Holland indicate that of 300,000 child soldiers active in armed conflict ...

The United Nations has warned of surging child recruitment ... more territory in eastern Congo than ever before. A military prosecutor has accused fleeing soldiers of crimes including rape ...

GOMA, Congo — The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo's major city of Goma have targeted relatives of fleeing Congolese soldiers ... reported cases of “child and forced recruitment ...

As Rwanda-backed rebels closed in on eastern Congo's largest city, retreating army soldiers barged into Suzanne Amisi Wilonja's home near the airport to loot, firing indiscriminately and shooting her ...