UNICEF accused “armed men” of raping scores of children in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has been ravaged by ...

The past three years have been turbulent for the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region that has experienced ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who in late January captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, have since been advancing around one of Africa's great lakes, Lake Kivu, towards the second-biggest city ...

Between 2005 and 2022, more than 105,000 children are estimated to have been recruited and used in armed conflict around the world. Today ...

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 ...

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 is accusing armed men, likely on both sides of the conflict in eastern Congo, of raping scores of ...

The Aurora Humanitarian Initiative announced on February 11 that 2024 Aurora Prize Laureate Dr. Denis Mukwege has selected ...

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.

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 ...

Analysts weigh in on Rwanda’s role in the conflict in DRC, whether minerals are a factor and if diplomacy can succeed.