May 14, 2012
(OSRSG) - The Ugandan army last Saturday captured Caesar Acellam Otto, one of the top military leaders of the Lord’s Resistance Army, in the Central African Republic.
Senior LRA commander, responsible for grave violations against children, captured
May 14, 2012
May 14, 2012
Bombs and hunger haunt Sudan’s Nuba mountains
May 10, 2012
May 10, 2012
(Reuters) - Rebels accuse Sudan of bombing civilians, Khartoum denies.
Human Rights Watch: Mali rebels Using Child Soldiers
May 7, 2012
May 7, 2012
(SOS Children’s Villages) - A report released by non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch titled “Mali-War Crimes by Northern Rebels” highlights how Mali rebels have been accused of using child soldiers within their ranks.
Former Liberian President Convicted of War Crimes
April 26, 2012
April 26, 2012
(New York Times) - Charles G. Taylor, the former president of Liberia and once a powerful warlord, was convicted by an international tribunal on Thursday of 11 counts of aiding and abetting war crimes committed in Sierra Leone during that country’s civil war in the 1990s.
Mali coup: ICC to consider allegations of atrocities
April 25, 2012
April 25, 2012
(BBC) - The International Criminal Court has warned it may investigate allegations of atrocities committed in Mali since violence erupted there in January.
Statement by SRSG Coomaraswamy on the hostilities in the border area between Sudan and South Sudan
April 24, 2012
April 24, 2012
(OSRSG) - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict is alarmed by the recent clashes in the areas bordering Sudan and South Sudan taking a heavy toll on children.
Children Join Armed Groups in Colombia
April 21, 2012
April 21, 2012
(SOS Children’s Village) - Thousands of children are thought to be serving with armed rebels in Colombia. Some of them join up voluntarily because of poverty, violence and the lack of other opportunities.
YEMEN: Child recruitment in armed conflicts increasing
April 16, 2012
April 16, 2012
(Yemen Times) - The number of children being recruited as soldiers in Yemen has risen significantly during the recent wave of violence sweeping the country.
Threats in the Classroom: Teachers Protect Students in the Midst of Colombia’s War
April 11, 2012
April 11, 2012
(Huffington Post) - Military and recruitment campaigns have pushed through the front gates of public schools in Colombia’s most war-ravaged communities.
UN: Practice of Child Soldiers Can Be Stopped
April 8, 2012
April 8, 2012
(SOS Children’s Villages) - The Security Council process of naming and shaming groups that recruit and use child soldiers has been effective in combating the recruitment of children.