AKOBO, South Sudan — It's been almost two years since Deng Machar's three young children were abducted from his home and likely sold for cattle. It is a little-acknowledged tragedy in South Sudan's five-year civil war. "Child abductions and trafficking in South Sudan is a real issue that requires an urgent response by the government," said Edmund Yakani, executive director of the nonprofit Community Empowerment for Progress Organization. South Sudan's government denied it, saying Gai was in the region only to promote peace. They are vulnerable and deserve our protection," the chief of the U.N. mission in South Sudan, David Shearer, told the AP.

Source: Ethiopian News February 04, 2018 22:18 UTC