South Sudan: UNICEF - 'Child Soldiers Want to Continue Their Education'

12 February 2018
interview

Roughly 19,000 children are still part of armed groups today in South Sudan. On the international day against the use of child soldiers, we spoke to UNICEF about the future of these children.

On February 7, 2018, a breakthrough in the fight against the use of children serving in armed groups was announced. Three hundred South Sudanese children were released from armed groups through a UN-backed negotiation and 400 more are set to be released in the near future. Tim Irwin of UNICEF's South Sudan office told DW how this deal came about.

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