South Sudan army recommits to end recruitment of children
A former child soldier holds a gun as they participate in a child soldiers' release ceremony, outside Yambio, South Sudan on August 7, 2018. PHOTO | REUTERS
The South Sudan People's Defense Forces (SSPDF) on Monday reiterated its commitment to end the recruitment of children in the national army.
"It has come to our notice that using of children in the armed conflict is a great violation and that is why we always say no to the recruitment of children and that is why the SSPDF committed itself to sign a lot of action plans to eradicate this issue of recruitment and used of children in South Sudan," said Chaplain Khamis Edward, the director of child protection in the SSPDF, in Juba, the capital of South Sudan.
