Child Soldiers

Psychosocial problems of Child Soldiers

23 May 2012

In war and violent conflict, children are traumatized by such common experiences as frequent shelling, bombing, helicopter strafing, round-ups, cordon-off and search operations, deaths, injury, destruction, mass arrests, detention, shootings, grenade explosions and landmines.

Eastern Congo rocked by fresh fighting

23 May 2012

NAIROBI — Eastern Congo has erupted between the Congolese army and rebels loyal to Bosco Ntaganda. The conflict, which erupted last month, has forced tens of thousands of Congolese from their homes, with more than 8,000 crossing the border to neighboring Rwanda and up to 15,000 entering Uganda. read more

Report: Congo Mutiny Using Child Soldiers

16 May 2012

NAIROBI -- Human Rights Watch says a renegade general is forcibly recruiting child soldiers to support his mutiny in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo. HRW's new report says at least 149 boys and young men between the ages of 12 and 20 have been forcibly recruited to fight alongside soldiers loyal to Bosco Ntaganda, a former rebel leader who is already wanted by the International ...