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

The U.N. children’s fund is accusing armed men, likely on both sides of the conflict in eastern Congo, of raping scores of children over the past weeks as rebels expand their footprint and push govern

Conflict in mineral-rich region shows no signs of abating, with both government forces and M23 rebels implicated in atrocities.

Armed men have raped dozens of children in eastern Congo, UNICEF says - An aid agency is receiving ‘horrific reports’ of violence against children

U.N. children’s agency warns the toll may be significantly higher, as M23 rebels continue their advance.

Rape and other violence against children in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has soared to unprecedented levels, the head of the United Nations children's agency warned Thursday. "In North and South Kivu provinces,