Congo's children: Recruited, raped and killed in conflict

FILE - Congolese children used in armed conflicts and former child soldiers receive psycho-social support at the Centre for Orientation and Transit for Children associated with militias in Mbuji Mayi, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, March 14, 2018.

A Congolese teenager appealed to the U.N. Security Council Wednesday to protect children in his country, where conflict between the military and armed groups in the country’s east is exacting an appalling toll on children.