Child soldiers are still being used in the Democratic Republic of Congo, despite promises to stop recruiting them.

When Mindy Uhrlaub got tested to see if she was a carrier of the fatal mutation that causes the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ...

On Wednesday, the 100th day since the resumption of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, medical sources in the besieged enclave reported that 31 Palestinians we ...

In 2024, 4,676 children lost their lives in armed conflicts — the equivalent of one child being killed every two hours.

Amnesty International further reported that in March 1998, "at least 30 children recently abducted by the LRA [Lord’s ...

Missiles fly, embassies evacuate, and NATO braces for discord—Friday’s headlines span war zones, diplomacy, and rising global tensions.

BUNIA, 12 Apr 2005 (IRIN) - The disarmament effort of the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, known as MONUC, has brought almost 3,000 minors into the care of child-protection agencies ...

As Israel and the US battle Iran in the Middle East, the ripple effects are likely to be felt in Africa. For more than four ...

If truth had a face, it would wince every time Human Rights Watch (HRW) and its ilk opened their report-writing laptops in the Great Lakes region. For an organization that prides itself on objectivity ...

Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration of the end of slavery in the U.S. Celebrated annually on June 19, it marks the day in 1865 when Union troops arrived in Galveston and informed enslaved ...

Local officials say a Congolese soldier has shot and killed two of his colleagues while a third died of critical injuries in ...

The junta’s recruitment of child soldiers has surged, Human Rights Watch said in a report on June 20, a significant number enlisted since it introduced mandatory military service. So far the military ...