Child soldiers freed in South Sudan

Geneva. A South Sudanese rebel group has freed 250 child soldiers including a girl as young as nine, the UN children’s agency said on Sunday, but warned that thousands were still being forced to fight.

A South Sudanese militia has released 280 child soldiers as the first step in a process to free 3,000, the UN's children agency said.

>The government of South Sudan signed an Action Plan with the UN in 2012 to end the use of child soldiers but there is evidence the ongoing conflict is eroding any gains achieved.

Thirteen United Nations workers in South Sudan kidnapped by rebels have been safely freed a week after their abduction, the UN said Monday.

More than 9,000 child soldiers are fighting in South Sudan's brutal civil war as the country faces the threat of famine, the UN human rights chief says.

Children told to become men to fight South Sudan's wars

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Armed groups in the CAR agree to free all the children working for them and end the recruitment of child soldiers, the UN says.