The Indigenous Guard of the Nasa people formed in Colombia in 2001 to protect Indigenous territories from armed groups and ...

When Patricia Elago Zetty's 13-year-old son went missing in Colombia's conflict-ridden southwest, she didn't hesitate. Elago ...

Patricia Elago Zetty, an Indigenous Guard member, risked her life to rescue her son from guerrilla recruitment in Colombia. The Indigenous Guard of the Nasa people protects their territories from ...

It drew special attention to surging child recruitment by armed groups, finding that 58 percent of those living in conflict zones cited it as the top risk in their communities.

The fragmentation of armed groups, allure of illicit profits from drug production, and spotty implementation of a peace deal ...

The digital recruitment of children into criminal organizations throughout Latin America is booming, but government responses ...

In Colombia, 30 percent of IDP women under 20 have at least one child, compared to 19 percent of non-displaced women. "It is very important that we continue to work with the authorities and civil ...

Cutting off assistance to Colombia completely won’t change Gustavo Petro, but it will make the United States less safe.

Here Carlos, 15, spent the next two years as a child soldier of the United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia (AUC), armed, trained and forced to fight on the front line of the civil war against the ...

With child recruitment rising, experts warn that stopping it is a mammoth task that would have to address poverty, armed conflict and cultural norms. “We cannot save everyone.