South Sudan’s army commanders have unveiled a new Action Plan designed to eliminate acts of conflict-related sexual violence which have been committed by parties in country’s protracted conflict. 

“The children we enlist in the military are our own children, and we destroy them if this [practice] continues. We must respect them. They must not be allowed to lose their childhoods.”

Residents of the Deng-Nhial area in Rumbek County are jubilant.

“The presence of a police post in Deng-Nhial will help us reduce crime,” says Ms. Yom Derkeny, adding that “law and order will prevail in our community.”