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FILE: Newly released child soldiers stand with rifles during their release ceremony in Yambio, South Sudan, on 7 February, 2018. Picture: AFP

United nations childrens fund

200 child soldiers released to families in South Sudan

By Jean-Jacques Cornish

The United Nations Children’s Fund says there are 19,000 children under arms.

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