Across the world: Central African Republic

Child soldiers

Rebels fighting a low-intensity war in the northeast of Central African Republic, one of the poorest countries on earth, have agreed to release 400 child soldiers, the UN children's agency UNICEF said on Friday.

General Damane Zakaria, head and founder of the Assembly of the Union of Democratic Forces, has already furnished UNICEF with a list of 220 children to be freed.