South Sudan is the world’s newest nation. Its 12 million population are also amongst the youngest in the world with half aged under 18.
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The United Nation’s Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba, visibly touched as she met children in Yambio, engaged in vocational trainings after having been released from armed groups.
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