9,000 child soldiers fighting in South Sudan war
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- Updated: 30 Apr 2014
More than 9,000 child soldiers have been fighting in South Sudan's brutal civil war, UN human rights chief Navi Pillay has said.
Both the army and rebel forces had recruited the children, she said.
Ms Pillay said South Sudan faced the threat of a famine, but there was an "apparent lack of concern" on the part of its leaders.
She was speaking at the end of a visit to South Sudan, where the conflict has displaced about a million people.
Fighting broke out in December between forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and his sacked deputy, Riek Machar.
Mr Kiir accused Mr Machar of plotting a coup.
'Personal failure'
He denied the charged, but then mobilised a rebel force to fight the government.The two sides negotiated a truce in January and have resumed talks in Ethiopia, but fighting has continued.
Ms Pillay said that apart from recruiting child soldiers, both government and rebel forces have carried out "indiscriminate attacks" which killed civilians, including children.
She met both Mr Kiir and Mr Machar during her visit, and is now due to fly to Ethiopia.
"I was appalled by the apparent lack of concern about the risk of famine displayed by both leaders," she said, AFP news agency reports."The prospect of widespread hunger and malnutrition being inflicted on hundreds of thousands of their people, because of their personal failure to resolve their differences peacefully, did not appear to concern them very much."
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More than 9,000 child soldiers have been fighting in South Sudan's brutal civil war, UN human rights chief Navi Pillay has said.
Both the army and rebel forces had recruited the children, she said.
Ms Pillay said South Sudan faced the threat of a famine, but there was an "apparent lack of concern" on the part of its leaders.
She was speaking at the end of a visit to South Sudan, where the conflict has displaced about a million people.
Fighting broke out in December between forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and his sacked deputy, Riek Machar.
Mr Kiir accused Mr Machar of plotting a coup.
'Personal failure'
He denied the charged, but then mobilised a rebel force to fight the government.The two sides negotiated a truce in January and have resumed talks in Ethiopia, but fighting has continued.
Ms Pillay said that apart from recruiting child soldiers, both government and rebel forces have carried out "indiscriminate attacks" which killed civilians, including children.
She met both Mr Kiir and Mr Machar during her visit, and is now due to fly to Ethiopia.
"I was appalled by the apparent lack of concern about the risk of famine displayed by both leaders," she said, AFP news agency reports."The prospect of widespread hunger and malnutrition being inflicted on hundreds of thousands of their people, because of their personal failure to resolve their differences peacefully, did not appear to concern them very much."
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- published: 30 Apr 2014
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