Violations Still Threaten South Sudanese Children
In Juba, child rights workers warn that abductions, forced recruitment and sexual violence continue despite the 2018 peace accord, leaving thousands of minors exposed to trauma and stigma.
Save the Children Steps Up Advocacy
Christopher Nyamandi, Save the Children’s Country Director, told journalists the charity wants “violence against children no longer tolerated” as it campaigns for stronger policing, community vigilance and survivor support.
He confirmed fresh reports of boys pressed into local militias and girls taken for ransom during cattle raids, trends he described as “rising in the world’s youngest nation” unless accountability improves.
Floods, Conflict and Funding Woes Intensify Crisis
Adrian Forster, the charity’s Swiss CEO, noted that 70 percent of South Sudanese already depend on aid, while 1.2 million refugees from Sudan and two million internally displaced people stretch dwindling resources.
“Food rations are being cut and funding is uncertain,” Forster warned, pointing to flooded farmlands and sporadic clashes that complicate relief convoys and school reopenings.
Experts Urge Holistic Response
Canadian CEO Danny Glenwright added that worsening climate shocks require fresh investment in resilient agriculture, health systems and peacebuilding, arguing that “children cannot wait for stability to fall from the sky”.
Humanitarian analysts echo the call for a child-focused ceasefire, legal reforms and long-term development financing, warning that today’s violations risk sowing future cycles of conflict if left unchecked.