Child Recruitment

About 1,300 children were recruited by armed groups in 2016,

On 16.12.2016. Juba. About 1,300 children were recruited by armed groups in 2016, bringing the total number of children used in the South Sudanese conflict since 2013 to more than 17,000, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday. "Since the first day of this conflict, ...

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Hundreds more South Sudanese boys conscripted for battle

On 27-28.2.2015. SPLM-IO carried out forced recruitment two days ago in Old Fangak village in northern Jonglei. The recruitment specifically target children and youth (boys)

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UNICEF condemns abduction of schoolchildren in Malakal

20.2.2015: UNICEF says it condemns the abduction of 89 children by an armed group in Wau Shilluk near Malakal County, Upper Nile State. A UNICEF education team reported that the children were abducted while sitting exams. It says the actual number could be much higher. It says the boys are as young ...

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Children Recruitment into Military

On 15.2.2015. HRW says it has over the past months spoken to about a dozen children or young men who were under 18 or less when they fought in 2014, which were used by opposition forces in battles and for other purposes such as cooking and carrying water and ammunition. “One 16-year-old in Bentiu ...

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Children Recruitment into Military

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HRW found about 25 accounts of child recruitment in the area during a visit to Malakal in late January. The HRW investigators spoke with parents and relatives of abducted children, and with other children who escaped recruitment or whose friends were recruited. Adults who were recruited alongside ch ...