UNICEF: Scores of Children Raped, Enlisted in Armed Conflict in Eastern DRC Africa News

UNICEF: Scores of Children Raped, Enlisted in Armed Conflict in Eastern DRC

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has issued a harrowing report detailing widespread sexual violence and child recruitment in the ongoing conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). According to the agency, armed groups have raped scores of children, some as young as 12, while also forcing many into combat roles. UNICEF Executive […]