UN agency says children as young as 12 are also being enlisted or coerced to join the fighting by armed groups.

Catherine Russell never forgets the children she meets. As Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), she bears witness to the stories of tens of millions of children and ...

Unprecedented sexual violence against children has been reported in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo as the ...

The U.N. children’s fund on Thursday accused armed men, likely on both sides of the conflict in eastern Congo, of raping ...

Nebenzia recalled that UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director Catherine Russell had briefed the Council last December about the "so-called children's aspects" of the situation in Ukraine ...

UNICEF's statement highlights reports of horrific abuses, with armed men, allegedly from both the M23 rebels and government ...

Russia’s UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said Unicef executive director Catherine Russell, an American, briefed the 15-member council on children in Ukraine “at the drop of a hat” in December ...

and impacting their long-term education,” said UNICEF executive director Catherine Russell. Countries most affected by climate-related school interruptions included Afghanistan, Bangladesh ...