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

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

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,