Children in war: the lost millions looking for a voice

Millions of children lost in war around the world miss the right to feel a parent's love more than anything else.

ICC focuses on use of child soldiers in Darfur

The ICC said on Tuesday it was looking closely at charges child soldiers have been used by militias in Sudan's Darfur region.

Justice bows to politics

As the trial of Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga starts in The Hague, Stephanie Wolters wonders why his former deputy, Bosco Ntaganda, is still free.

Witness retracts evidence at DRC war-crimes trial

The first witness at the ICC's inaugural war-crimes trial retracted his testimony on Wednesday after saying he was a former child soldier.

Warlord accused of press-ganging children in DRC

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.

Liberia's psychiatric wasteland for ex-child soldiers

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.

UN calls for release of child soldiers in DRC

The ongoing violence in the DRC has put children at particular risk of recruitment into armed groups, Unicef said on Wednesday.

Unicef says 6 000 child soldiers active in Darfur

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.

Women warriors' strife in peacetime Sudan

Southern Sudan women played a significant role in the war, but today their contribution is often overlooked.

DRC: Warring parties must find long-term political solution

Michel became a child soldier after he left his house in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to get some milk and never returned.

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