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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has documented a staggering 1,000 per cent rise in sexual violence against children between 2023 and 2024.

UNICEF spokesperson James Elder told a Geneva press briefing that the rapes and other forms of sexual violence were being used as "a weapon of war" and were taking place once every 30 minutes on ...

STORY: :: Thousands of children have been subjected to sexual violence in eastern Congo, says UNICEF spokesperson:: April 11, 2025:: James Elder, UNICEF spokesperson“During the most intense phase of ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Thousands of children have been subjected to rape and sexual violence in conflict-battered eastern Congo over the course of two months, the U.N. children’s agency said ...

Children make up between 35% to 45% of the nearly 10,000 cases of rape and sexual violence reported January and February this year, James Elder, the spokesperson for UNICEF told reporters in ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Thousands of children have been subjected to rape and sexual violence in conflict-battered eastern Congo over the course of two months, the U.N. children’s agency said F… ...

Children including toddlers represent more than a third of victims in nearly 10,000 cases of rape and other forms of sexual violence committed in eastern Congo in the first two months of the year ...