The European Commission, ​the African Union Commission, and ​the United Nations on Thursday called for the immediate release of child soldiers wherever ...

On the International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers, we reiterate the importance of protecting children from the ravages of war, as we witness ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Colombian soldiers stand in formation as war material seized from a dissident group of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia ...

An Islamist group operating in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province used boys as young as 13 in attacks on a town last week and residents who were forced to flee the fighting recognized some of ...

The frontlines of Ukraine are criss-crossed by anti-drone nets to protect both soldiers and civilians.

Photographer Cedric Gerbehaye documents a transit center in Ituri District, where the UN and the government of Congo struggle to re-integrate former militia members back into society A boy soldier ...

BOGÓTA, Colombia, April 20 (UNHCR) - Elisa* was born and grew up in a culture of violence, and in the end it left her confined to a wheelchair yet lucky to be alive. But the former child soldier is ...

A human rights and a humanitarian organization has exonerated the Nigerian Army and the government of recruiting child soldiers to fight insurgency. In a communique signed at the end of its meeting, ...