- 14 May 2013 09:41 - Habibou Bangre
- Desperate to save children from being used as soldiers in the DRC, residents of the 'Triangle of Death' have launched a campaign to end the practice.
- 26 Apr 2013 15:22 - IRIN News
- Sporadic armed clashes, looting of orphanages, recruitment into armies, and widespread school closures have made life perilous for CAR's children.
- 12 Feb 2013 14:23 - Amnesty International
- Amnesty International has called for states to adopt an Arms Trade Treaty to mark the international day against the use of child soldiers.
- 26 Jan 2013 20:36 - Rukmini Callimachi
- Rebel groups have recruited young boys to fight the messy war in northern Mali, a conflict that now includes 2 500 well-armed French soldiers.
- 29 Jun 2012 08:13 - Dan Connell
- Draconian military conscription rules in Eritrea mean children as young as 12 can be forced into duty. Dan Connell reports.
- 12 Mar 2012 11:03 - Jan Hennop
- The ICC will hand down judgment in the trial of Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga who is accused of enlisting child soldiers under 15 to fight.
- 10 Feb 2012 16:03 - Staff Reporter
- If you do not understand the politics, you do not understand the basics of the concept.
- 11 Nov 2010 13:02 - Staff Reporter
- Millions of children lost in war around the world miss the right to feel a parent's love more than anything else.
- 03 Jun 2009 09:32 - Louis Charbonneau
- The ICC said on Tuesday it was looking closely at charges child soldiers have been used by militias in Sudan's Darfur region.
- 02 Feb 2009 06:00 - Staff Reporter
- As the trial of Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga starts in The Hague, Stephanie Wolters wonders why his former deputy, Bosco Ntaganda, is still free.
- 29 Jan 2009 07:30 - Mariette Le Roux
- The first witness at the ICC's inaugural war-crimes trial retracted his testimony on Wednesday after saying he was a former child soldier.
- 27 Jan 2009 07:22 - Staff Reporter
- DRC warlord Thomas Lubanga was accused on Monday of press-ganging children and using them to kill and rape, as the ICC's first trial opened.
- 15 Jan 2009 06:30 - Isabelle Ligner
- About 50 teenagers amble hollow-eyed on the lawn of Liberia's sole psychiatric hospital, drug-laced casualties of a civil war fought using children.
- 31 Dec 2008 14:13 - Staff Reporter
- The ongoing violence in the DRC has put children at particular risk of recruitment into armed groups, Unicef said on Wednesday.
- 23 Dec 2008 09:57 - Staff Reporter
- There are about 6 000 child soldiers in Sudan's war-torn region of Darfur where about two million children have been affected by conflict.
- 26 Nov 2008 13:02 - Staff Reporter
- Southern Sudan women played a significant role in the war, but today their contribution is often overlooked.
- 13 Nov 2008 12:13 - Juliette Prodhan
- Michel became a child soldier after he left his house in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to get some milk and never returned.
- 29 Sep 2008 16:50 - Staff Reporter
- Freed child soldiers in the DRC are being re-recruited for their valuable fighting experience, Amnesty International said on Monday.
- 23 Jun 2008 13:27 - Staff Reporter
- Judges at the International Criminal Court have called an indefinite halt to the case against a Congolese militia leader and will decide next week.
- 12 Jun 2008 07:59 - Henry Wasswa
- The two-year peace process in Uganda aimed at ending a rebellion by the notorious Lord's Resistance Army lies in tatters as the rebels rearm.
