South Sudan has highest number of child soldiers in Africa, despite the ongoing disarmament, demobilisation, and reintegration programme that has seen thousands of child soldiers rescued from the warfront.
The report said that 21,000 children had been recruited by government forces and armed groups in the past five years. More than 2,200 children in the region have been victims of sexual violence since 2016, and more than 3,500 children have been abducted, making it the region with the second-highest abductions in the world.
Now the AUPSC wants the AU Commission, led by Moussa Faki Mahamat, to undertake a study on the specific impact of terrorism on children and to submit the report of the study for consideration by the Council, as soon as possible. It directed the commission to work in collaboration with all relevant stakeholders to explore ways to strengthen the existing AU and Regional Economic Communities and Regional Mechanisms for the protection of children in situations of conflict, the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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