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South Sudan, where warring parties agreed to end five years of conflict, could return to bloodshed despite recent commitments by its leaders to form a power-sharing government, the United Nations warned.
Both armed opposition groups and the government are forcibly recruiting children in Juba and Western Bahr el Ghazal, and in Greater Bahr el Ghazal, respectively, according to Yasmin Sooka, chairwoman of the UN Human Rights Commission for South Sudan.
“Ironically, the prospect of a peace deal has accelerated the forced recruitment of children, with various groups now seeking to boost their numbers before they move into the cantonment sites,†Sooka said.
Warring parties are scheduled to form a unity government by November 12 and prepare for democratic elections in the following 36 months. Previously planned for May 12, the joint administration was delayed for six months when they failed to agree on key issues and end the crisis that left 400,000 people dead, displaced 4 million others and exacerbated a reduction in crude production.