U.N. secures pledge to free 3,000 South Sudan child soldiers

The United Nations has secured a pledge for the release of about 3,000 child soldiers in South Sudan, in what it called “one of the largest ever demobilisations of children”. The children, aged between 11 and 17, were recruited by the South Sudan Democratic Army (SSDA) Cobra Faction, led by David Yau Yau, and some had been fighting for almost four years. Two hundred and eighty children were released on Tuesday at a village in Jonglei State, the U.N. children’s agency UNICEF said, and further releases will take place over the next month. “These children have been forced to do and see things no child should ever experience,” said Jonathan Veitch, UNICEF’s South Sudan representative.
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