A UNHCR report says that more people are refugees or internally displaced than at any time since 1994, with the crisis in Syria having emerged as a major factor.

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13 June 2013 - South Sudan was determined to be removed from the UN Secretary-General’s list of parties recruiting and using children in armed conflict, a top official in its army said today in Juba.

The South Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) had stopped recruiting children, although vulnerable children wanting assistance were still seeking refuge in the military, Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) Child Protection Unit Chief Brig. Gen. Chaplain Khamis told to the national legislative assembly lobby group on children at an UNMISS workshop on child protection.

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(13th June, 2013) - At least 30 children associated with the armed forces in Unity State have been reunited with their families.

The State Director for Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Commission (DDRC), George Gatloi said the children were removed from Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) barracks in May.

Director Gatloi, said the children were reunited with their families in three Payams of Koch County.

He further added that only one child from Abyei was not reunited because tracing his parents has proved difficult.

By Agnes Odhiambo

NAIROBI , Jun 13 2013 (IPS) - Akech B. loved to study and dreamed of becoming a nurse. But when she was 14, her uncle who was raising her forced her to leave school to marry a man Akech described as old and gray-haired. The man paid 75 cows as dowry for Akech. He was already married to another woman with whom he had several children.