Cobra Faction Archives - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always https://citifmonline.com/tag/cobra-faction/ Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz Wed, 26 Oct 2016 11:51:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.8 https://citifmonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/cropped-CITI-973-FM-32x32.jpg Cobra Faction Archives - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always https://citifmonline.com/tag/cobra-faction/ 32 32 145 South Sudan child soldiers ‘released’ – UNICEF https://citifmonline.com/2016/10/145-south-sudan-child-soldiers-released-unicef/ Wed, 26 Oct 2016 11:51:48 +0000 http://citifmonline.com/?p=262002 Some 145 child soldiers fighting for two rebel groups in South Sudan have been released, UNICEF has announced. The children were recruited by the Cobra Faction and the SPLA in Opposition, two armed groups which have been fighting the government. They were freed in the eastern region of Pibor and “disarmed and provided with civilian […]

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]]> Some 145 child soldiers fighting for two rebel groups in South Sudan have been released, UNICEF has announced.

The children were recruited by the Cobra Faction and the SPLA in Opposition, two armed groups which have been fighting the government.

They were freed in the eastern region of Pibor and “disarmed and provided with civilian clothes,” UNICEF said in a statement.

About 16,000 children are still in “armed groups”, it added.

 

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Source: BBC

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