Democratic Republic of the Congo
by Chuck Sudetic This series of dispatches chronicles the work of a mobile court in the town of Kamituga in eastern Congo, a region riven by conflict that has witnessed an appalling epidemic of rape and other…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Bukavu, 26 April 2011 - On 20 th April 2011, the Child Protection office in Bukavu of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO)’s launched a campaign to raise the…
Côte d'Ivoire + 1 more
Ivorian Women and Girls Compelled to Trade Sex for Food, Shelter (Geneva, April 21, 2011) – Dozens of Ivorian refugee women and girls recently arrived in eastern Liberia say they have had to engage in sex to…
Burundi + 2 more
DURBAN, South Africa, April 13 (UNHCR) – The sound of children laughing and singing echoes through the dark corridors and the stairwell of a dilapidated eight-storey residential block in central Durban. The babble of happiness, which seems…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Executive summary and key recommendations The Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers (the Coalition) submits this report for consideration by the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in view of its examination in…
Chad + 3 more
Obama Administration Fails to Secure Progress in Key African Countries (Washington, DC, April 12, 2011) – The Obama administration should make good on its pledge to work with recipients of US military assistance to end their use…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Bukavu, 31 March 2011 – The Office of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) organized a workshop in Shabunda territory on 31 March to inform the local population about the…
Côte d'Ivoire + 1 more
GRAND GEDEH, Libéria, 4 avril 2011- Plus de 100 000 Ivoiriens se sont enfuis au Libéria depuis les élections contestées de novembre dernier. Environ les deux tiers sont des enfants qui ont à présent désespérément besoin…
Côte d'Ivoire
Par Gisèle Langue Menye BOUAKé, Côte d'Ivoire, 14 mars 2011 - Rose (il ne s'agit pas de son nom véritable), 12 ans, vit à Bouaké, la seconde grande ville de Côte d'Ivoire. Cette élève du secondaire, grande et affable, porte…
Côte d'Ivoire
By Gisèle Langue Menye BOUAKÉ, Côte d'Ivoire, 14 March 2011 - Rose (not her real name), 12, lives in Bouaké, the second largest city in Côte d'Ivoire. This tall and gracious middle-school student is carrying upon her shoulders the heavy…
