In the city of Goma, former child soldiers are being rehabilitated using capoeira, the Brazilian martial art. Journalist Ruth Omar explores the impact of this unique approach. Show more In the ...

This is despite landmark treaties, such as the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, and its Optional Protocol to prohibit the recruitment and use as soldiers of all children under eighteen ...

Another obstacle to the transponder sale, according to Corinne Dufka, who covered the Sahel for Human Rights Watch from 2012 to 2022, was the presence of a small number of child soldiers in a ...

Twenty-two years ago, the United Nations treaty banning the use of child soldiers entered into force. While the treaty represents an important milestone, it has not eliminated the tragedy of child ...

The United Nations annual survey on children in armed conflict has found that the recruitment in Syria of child soldiers by armed forces has risen substantially despite fighting winding down ...

What happens to child soldiers once the fighting is over? How do they re-integrate into society, and who supports them to find a new place in civilian life? These questions are not as easy to ...

As many as 2,203 child-soldiers have been disengaged from the ranks of the Borno State Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), which was created by the state government in 2013 to assist security forces ...

Listen to Story A former child soldier holds a gun as they participate in a child ... Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger. The pandemic has further escalated the situation at hand. The ...

In conflict-affected countries such as Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Mali, Mauritania and Niger ... has killed thousands, child recruitment rose at least fivefold ...

In conflict-affected countries such as Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Mali, Mauritania and Niger ... has killed thousands, child recruitment rose at least five ...

Andreea Campeanu/Reuters] Published On 23 Nov 202123 Nov 2021 West and Central Africa is the region with the highest number of child soldiers in the world, as well as the most underage victims of ...