The new radio station Mayardit of South Sudan has been running successfully in the sunshine. The new sunshine brings light to the remote parts of South Sudan
The United Nations secured a pledge for the release of about 3,000 child soldiers in South Sudan The United Nations secured a pledge for the release of about 3,000 child soldiers in South Sudan, according to a report by Reuters released on Tuesday.
Nearly 11 months after war broke out in South Sudan, a peace deal has been forged between the two parties: the soldiers and rebels loyal to former Vice President Riek Machar and the supporters of President Salva Kiir. The peace deal was reached Saturday in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa.
While the government does not deny using child soldiers, yet again, they claim the children are coming to them for safety and protection. The witness accounts play a different tune.
U.N. barges and peacekeepers were fired at on Thursday, injuring four people. Rocked-propelled grenades and guns were fired by unknown gunmen at a convoy of United Nations barges on the Nile River in South Sudan Thursday, wounding four people.
