Ishmael Beah defends his memoir and goes home to Sierra Leone. Aug. 5, 2008 — -- Ishmael Beah wears the scars of Sierra Leone's civil war as his own. In what was once the poorest country on earth ...

South Sudan’s efforts to end the recruitment of child soldiers appear to be paying off. According to the UN Mission in South Sudan, UNMISS, some children have just been released by the South Sudan ...

Associate Professor of Peace, Politics, and Conflict Studies, Babes Bolyai University The use of child soldiers is a profound human tragedy that continues to scar generations across the world.

BANDAJUMA, Sierra Leone (UNHCR) - At an age when they should be playing basketball with the other kids, two teenaged boys have chosen to sit it out on the bench, staring blankly ahead with troubled ...

Economists like to think most problems can be approached with the tools of their field--but can economics stop child soldiering? The question hinges on whether changing incentives can persuade ...

Late on Sunday night, Israeli soldiers invaded the Eastern neighborhood of Jenin city, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, killed a child while standing on her home’s rooftop, injured a ...