Sudan: Child soldiers return to their families in the South

At least 300 child soldiers in southern Sudan have handed in their guns and uniforms and will return to their families as part of an ongoing demobilisation exercise supported by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). The demobilisation at Khorfulus, near Malakal town in Upper Nile state, is considered the biggest of its kind since the signing in January 2005 of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the Sudanese government and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A). Under the agreement, both parties committed to releasing all child soldiers in their custody.