Central African Republic: 10K Children Still Fighting Alongside Armed Groups

FILE - United Nations peacekeepers ride a pickup truck while on patrol in Bangui, Central African Republic, April 24, 2017. U.N. officials estimate fighting in the country has killed thousands and displaced more than a million people.

About 10,000 children are still fighting alongside armed groups in Central African Republic more than a decade after civil war broke out, the government said Monday.