The South Sudan government on Wednesday denied that its army killed and maimed children as alleged in a UN report that accuses the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) and rebel groups of violations.
Information Minister, Michael Lueth, said the figures on the atrocities committed on children mentioned in the report by Virginia Gamba, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-Seneral for Children and Armed Conflict before the UN Security Council (UNSC), are concocted and not substantiated.
“If they can give us a copy of the (individual) names then we can act,’’ said Lueth in Juba.
“These are reports that are written by people, who have decided to take advantage of the plight of the people of South Sudan.’’
The UN report, released on Monday, said over 9,200 children were victims of grave violations between October 2014 and June 2018.
“Grave violations against children were often interconnected: abduction took place for the purpose of recruitment; boys and girls…
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