WASHINGTON (CNN)-- When he was a little boy in Sudan, singer Emmanuel Jal's mother was killed. Soldiers raped his sister. At the age of 9, filled with longings for revenge, he became a child soldier.

The United Nations also urged South Sudan to focus on education and training ... Allan Kudumoch Agon, a 21-year-old former ...

Research on child soldiers in 1998 revealed that an estimated ... Despite mounting international pressure on the government of Sudan to use its influence with the LRA to end abductions, the ...

We provide South Sudan’s children with access to education, health care and nutrition support, as well as families with food security and livelihoods assistance. Our child protection programs support ...

Read the UNICEF report: Sudan’s Child Rape and Sexual Violence Crisis ... beaten and raped by soldiers for four months before they escaped. Omnia* lives with the trauma she experienced after ...

Others in countries such as South Sudan endanger their lives as child soldiers. The International Labor Organization estimates that 2.1 million children work in cocoa production in Ivory Coast and ...

A group of young soldiers A group of young ... who make up close to half of Sudan's population, is severely strained. A mother consoles a child at the children's hospital in Omdurman A mother ...

crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing of civilians at the hands of their fighters across Sudan. SAF has been accused of war crimes, the recruitment of child soldiers and blocking much ...

Being able to carry on with schooling in a safe environment can curb child recruitment and empower young people for the ...