Story

Le Problème des Enfants Soldats au Soudan du Sud

November 25, 2018 | Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS)
By
Patricia Huon and Andreea Campeanu
A former child soldier is standing in formation at a child soldiers release ceremony in Yambio, South Sudan.  Image by Andreea Campeanu. South Sudan, 2018.

A former child soldier is standing in formation at a child soldiers release ceremony in Yambio, South Sudan.  Image by Andreea Campeanu. South Sudan, 2018.

Please note this broadcast is in French.

The United Nations estimates that there are approximately 19,000 children forced to serve for the rebel forces in South Sudan. This is one of the highest concentrations of child soldiers in the world, in a country devasted by a conflict that has lasted almost five years.