Residents in Borno State have expressed deep concern over a viral video showing underage children, suspected to be terrorist child soldiers, dressed in full camouflage in a deserted forest. The video, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

BOGÓTA, Colombia, April 20 (UNHCR) - Elisa* was born and grew up in a culture of violence, and in the end it left her confined to a wheelchair yet lucky to be alive. But the former child soldier is ...

In a modest house, down a quiet village lane near the Thai-Myanmar border, two Catholic youths sit proud and happy, a stark contrast from a year ago when they were rescued from the frontlines where ...

THE footage is difficult to shake off: boys barely in their teens, swallowed by oversized military camouflage fatigues, standing in a forest that has become their classroom of violence. Another clip ...

Duk Payuel, Southern Sudan---- I ran into a child soldier Tuesday night. I couldn't take my eyes off the teen-ager I saw walking toward us with an AK-47 as we gathered around the Sudanese People's ...