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South Sudan: UN Welcomes Demobilization of Child Soldiers
UN News, 27 January 2015
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is celebrating the release of some 3,000 South Sudanese child soldiers today in what is being hailed as one of the largest ever… Read more »
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South Sudan: Govt Releases 280 Child Soldiers - UN
Sudan Tribune, 27 January 2015
280 child soldiers from South Sudan Democratic Army (SSDA) Cobra Faction, a former rebel group based in Jonglei state, have been set free, the United Nations said Tuesday. Read more »
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South Sudan: David Yau Yau and the Internal Wager With Self-Determination
African Arguments, 23 January 2015
Amidst protracted conflict with Nuer rebels and a peace-negotiation impasse in Addis Ababa, the Government of South Sudan (GOSS) is also one year in to a brave political experiment… Read more »
Thousands of Child Soldiers Released in S. Sudan
This is being hailed as one of the largest-ever demobilizations of children in a conflict zone.
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The warring factions of the ruling party have agreed on a unity deal which could serve as a roadmap towards ending the country's civil war. Read more »
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The conflict in South Sudan is continuing to have a devastating impact on children's education one year after violence first erupted, warns charity Plan International. Before the ... Read more »
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Despite eleven months of peace talks, South Sudan's civil war threatens to intensify in the coming weeks. says the International Crisis Group in a new report. Read more »
