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South Sudan gunmen kidnap at least 89 boys from village near Malakal
Gunmen in South Sudan have kidnapped at least 89 boys, some as young as 13, while they were preparing to sit school exams, according to the UN.
Armed soldiers surrounded Wau Shilluk, a village near Malakal, and went house to house searching for boys and taking them away by force, according to witnesses. The total could be much higher than 89, according to a report from Unicef, the UN children’s agency, on Saturday. Six teachers were also abducted.
Both sides in South Sudan’s 14-month civil war have been accused of using child soldiers. Unicef estimates that at least 12,000 children have been recruited.
It is not clear which armed group was responsible for the Wau Shilluk mass abduction a week ago. The village is a riverside community in government-held territory in the oil-rich Upper Nile state. The village has seen its population swell to about 90,000 due to a flood of internally displaced people, mostly from Malakal, a site of intense fighting that has changed hands several times.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/22/south-sudan-gunmen-kidnap-89-boys-village-malakal-child-soldiers
Armed soldiers surrounded Wau Shilluk, a village near Malakal, and went house to house searching for boys and taking them away by force, according to witnesses. The total could be much higher than 89, according to a report from Unicef, the UN children’s agency, on Saturday. Six teachers were also abducted.
Both sides in South Sudan’s 14-month civil war have been accused of using child soldiers. Unicef estimates that at least 12,000 children have been recruited.
It is not clear which armed group was responsible for the Wau Shilluk mass abduction a week ago. The village is a riverside community in government-held territory in the oil-rich Upper Nile state. The village has seen its population swell to about 90,000 due to a flood of internally displaced people, mostly from Malakal, a site of intense fighting that has changed hands several times.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/22/south-sudan-gunmen-kidnap-89-boys-village-malakal-child-soldiers
