In recent weeks, hundreds of child soldiers in eastern Congo's catastrophic war have returned home, sometimes to the same villages where they killed and pillaged. Some have been forced back out ...

In recent weeks, hundreds of child soldiers in eastern Congo’s catastrophic war have returned home, sometimes to the same villages where they killed and pillaged. Some have been forced back out ...

Nowhere has the use of child soldiers been as pernicious as in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. But in the past three years of relative peace, militia groups as well as the Army were starting ...

Becker says that the issuance of blanket waivers has not proven to be effective in addressing the recruitment of child soldiers. She points to the example of Congo, which has used hundreds of ...

The United Nations estimates tens of thousands of child soldiers are still fighting in ... is a strong warning to military commanders in Congo and elsewhere: using children as a weapon of war ...

June 4 marks the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression, a day established by the UN General Assembly ...

The UN allegations against the M23 militia in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) could become an embarrassment for Ottawa, which has chosen Rwanda as a key hub for its child-soldiers ...

the Democratic Republic of Congo and US-led coalition soldiers in Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia. The devastating effect of this grave, yet persistent, tragedy extends beyond the individual child.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr Ewelina U Ochab is a Forbes contributor, lawyer, and author. On December 31, 2024, the United Nations warned that armed ...

Rwanda, the first African country to sign onto Canada’s campaign against child soldiers, has been secretly using its own military to recruit and deploy children for combat in eastern Congo ...

In recent weeks, hundreds of child soldiers in eastern Congo's catastrophic war have returned home, sometimes to the same villages where they killed and pillaged. Some have been forced back out ...