South Sudan armed group kidnaps about 90 boys: UNICEF

‘The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says members of an armed group have abducted at least 89 boys in the northern South Sudanese state of Upper Nile.

According to a UNICEF statement released on Saturday, the boys, some as young as 13, were abducted in the Wau Shilluk area near the state capital of Malakal, located 497 kilometers (308 miles) northeast of the capital, Juba.

The statement said the gunmen besieged the community and went from house to house, forcibly taking the boys older than 12. It is not clear what group was behind the kidnappings.’

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