Tag: child
U.N.: Child soldiers and beheading in CAR
Escalating violence in the Central African Republic is posing a threat to children, with at least two beheaded…
Worst countries for child labor
Where in the world are children toiling dangerous and dirty conditions, missing out on education and other basic…
Prince helps child shepherds
In Lesotho, boys as young as five tend sheep and cattle alone, braving thieves and jackals. But Prince…
U.N.: 82 child soldiers saved in DR Congo
Scores of child soldiers, some of them as young as eight years old, have been rescued from an…
Opinion: End use of child soldiers
"Raed, a 10-year-old Syrian refugee, is scared. The lightning and storms outside remind him of the sounds of…
Discovering ‘world’s oldest child’
An Ethiopian scientist tells the story of how he discovered a 3-million-year-old fossil known as "the world's oldest…
School for child rape victims
The Elman Peace and Human Rights Center, the first rape crisis center in Somalia, is part of an…
School for child rape victims
The U.N. says 70% of rapes committed in Somalia are carried out by men in military uniform. CNN's…
Child killed in Anglican church grenade terror attack; several injured near Nairobi.
The blast occurred during a service for young children at the Anglican St. Polycarp church, which lies in…
WAR CRIMES, using Child soldiers, Congolese warlord Lubanga sentenced to 14 years in jail
Lubanga, 51, was convicted in March 2012 of war crimes, specifically for using child soldiers in his rebel…