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Trump to be inaugurated as president, Mexican drug kingpin El Chapo extradited to the US, Kanye West gets another college course, and more.
In Congo, Teen Girls Who Can't Afford School Are Joining Armed Groups
The charity Child Soldiers International warns that young girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo are joining militias—and are doing so of their own volition.
How Two American Teens Became Assassins for a Mexican Cartel
'Wolf Boys,' a new book by Dan Slater, details the bloody rise and fall of two Texas teenagers who became contract killers for the Zetas, the most violent drug cartel in Mexico, killing dozens of people in the process.
This Former Colombian Child Soldier Was Forced to Kill Eight of His Friends
Nicolás spent his adolescence as a soldier in Colombia's FARC rebel forces. As a peace accord nears, his story provides a glimpse of the deep scars left by the country's half-century-long conflict.
Child Suicide Bomber in Cameroon Is 'Not Missing Chibok Girl'
One of two girls found strapped with explosives in Cameroon on Friday claimed to be one of the schoolgirls from Nigeria kidnapped nearly two years ago, but it now looks increasingly unlikely.
In Photos: Inside the Al Nusra Academy Training the Next Generation of Jihadis
VICE News filmmaker Medyan Dairieh gained exclusive access to the al Qaeda affiliate this year, spending time with the current leadership and the young generation being groomed to replace them.
Omar Khadr Tells His Side of the Story in New Documentary
"Guantanamo's Child" tries to answer the question of who Omar Khadr—a convicted terrorist or an abused child soldier—really is.
This Is How the Islamic State Manufactures Child Militants
Children are not just propaganda tools used by the group in videos. Instead, the Islamic State is systematically turning them into front-line fighters, bomb makers, and even executioners.
British Veterans Made Some Dark Films to Protest the UK Army's Recruitment of 16-Year-Olds
These ex-soldiers who have seen war want young people to know its true horrors to stop them signing up.
'Soon It Will Be Too Late': The Children Lost Inside the Islamic State
The next jihadi generation is key to the Islamic State's survival. VICE News spoke to a Yazidi teenager who escaped sexual slavery and a man whose wife and children are in captivity in Raqqa.
Nearly Half of Canadians Are Fine with Omar Khadr’s Bail, but Not Many Like Him
While nearly 40 percent of Canadians see Khadr as a child soldier, about one in four still consider him a terrorist.