Roughly 21,000 children have been recruited as soldiers by government forces and armed groups across Africa in the past five ...

Thirty-five years after a United Nations (UN) commitment – by way of a convention – to protect children from being recruited ...

Roughly 21 000 children have been recruited as soldiers by government forces and armed groups across Africa in the past five years. In 2020, around 337 million children lived within 50 km of active ...

On December 31, 2024, the United Nations warned that armed groups have increased recruitment and use of children for armed ...

UN commitment to protect children from being recruited as soldiers. However, armed groups have increased the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict.

BEARDSLEY: One by one, the kids read out the testimony of one of the many African soldiers who fought and often died for France. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED STUDENT #2 ...