Child soldiers, though shaped by unfortunate circumstances ... AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 500 news and information items daily from over 110 ...

and soldiers from the Economic Community Cease-fire Monitoring Group (ECOMOG), a peacekeeping force set up by the Economic Community of West African States. Children recruited as soldiers by the ...

Child soldiers, underage gold miners, street vendors and cocoa plantation workers: After years of decline in child labor, the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed many African children back to work.

Watch a child soldier's song » That night ... "Support Gua Africa so kids can be kids, not soldiers." Gua Africa is Jal's foundation, formed to raise money to build schools in Africa.

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has denied claims that its soldiers were deployed to ... that no foreign DNA was detected on the child, who had been subjected to abuse on multiple ...