{"id":5193,"date":"2015-11-29T05:20:16","date_gmt":"2015-11-29T05:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitederitreamedia.com\/blog12\/?p=5193"},"modified":"2015-11-29T05:20:16","modified_gmt":"2015-11-29T05:20:16","slug":"situation-of-children-in-south-sudan-is-deteriorating-un-agency-warns-27-november-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitederitreamedia.com\/blog12\/2015\/11\/29\/situation-of-children-in-south-sudan-is-deteriorating-un-agency-warns-27-november-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Situation of children in South Sudan is deteriorating, UN agency warns\u00a027 November 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 id=\"story-headline\"><\/h3>\n<div id=\"PhotoHolder3\"><a id=\"PhotoCrop\" class=\"lightbox\" title=\"Children surrender their weapons during a ceremony formalizing their release from the SSDA Cobra Faction armed group, in Pibor, South Sudan (February 2015).  Photo: UNICEF\/NYHQ2015-0201\/Rich\" href=\"http:\/\/static.un.org\/News\/dh\/photos\/large\/2015\/April\/04-24-unicef-sudan.jpg\" rel=\"gallery-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" title=\"Children surrender their weapons during a ceremony formalizing their release from the SSDA Cobra Faction armed group, in Pibor, South Sudan (February 2015).  Photo: UNICEF\/NYHQ2015-0201\/Rich\" src=\"http:\/\/static.un.org\/News\/dh\/photos\/large\/2015\/April\/04-24-unicef-sudan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"214\" border=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"phtocaption\">\n<p class=\"phtocaption\">Children surrender their weapons during a ceremony formalizing their release from the SSDA Cobra Faction armed group, in Pibor, South Sudan (February 2015). Photo: UNICEF\/NYHQ2015-0201\/Rich<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"fullstory\">\n<div class=\"add-this\">\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_counter_style\">\n<div class=\"fb-like fb_iframe_widget\" data-ref=\".VlqJBr9DSwA.like\" data-layout=\"box_count\" data-show_faces=\"false\" data-share=\"false\" data-action=\"like\" data-width=\"55\" data-font=\"arial\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/apps\/news\/story.asp?NewsID=52670\" data-send=\"false\">\u00a0\u00a0\u2013 The situation of children in war-torn South Sudan has worsened since the beginning of the year, with sustained recruitment, primarily of boys but also girls, by armed forces and groups amid severe malnutrition and flight, the United Nations Children\u2019s Fund (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unicef.org\/\">UNICEF<\/a>) warned today.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It is estimated overall that 16,000 children have been forcibly recruited since the conflict between President Salva Kiir and his former Vice-President Machar erupted two years ago, and the killings, abductions and sexual abuse of youngsters have continued throughout the country, UNICEF spokesperson Christophe Boulierac told the regular bi-weekly <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1RbbiwA\">news briefing<\/a> in Geneva.<\/p>\n<p>A quarter of million children under the age of five are suffering from severe acute malnutrition, double the rate of two years ago, and despite the signing of a peace agreement in August, the situation of children remains grave, he stressed.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 1,500 children have been killed, around 900,000 have been internally displaced and 650,000 have fled to neighbouring countries.<\/p>\n<p>In June UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake warned that violence against children in South Sudan had reached a new level of brutality. \u201cThe details of the worsening violence against children are unspeakable, but we must speak of them,\u201d he said, citing reports that boys have been castrated and left to bleed to death and girls as young as 8 have been gang raped and murdered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChildren have been tied together before their attackers slit their throats&#8230;Others have been thrown into burning buildings,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the briefing by phone from Juba, South Sudan\u2019s capital, the UNICEF Advocate for Children Affected by War, Ishmael Beah, said the only reason children joined armed groups was because it was the only choice they had left to protect themselves, to have access to basic necessities. For many, war was the only way to even live, he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"invi\" \/>\n<p class=\"redux-height\"><strong>News Tracker: past stories on this issue<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"relatnews\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/apps\/news\/story.asp?NewsID=51189\">Unspeakable violence against children in South Sudan must stop \u2013 UNICEF chief<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Children surrender their weapons during a ceremony formalizing their release from the SSDA Cobra Faction armed group, in Pibor, South Sudan (February 2015). 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