Child Abductions Rise as South Sudan War Incites Desperation

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8 February 2018 11:01 WIB

In this photo taken Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, children play in empty cardboard boxes during a food distribution by Oxfam outside Akobo town, one of the last rebel-held strongholds in South Sudan. Child abductions have risen during South Sudan's civil war as desperate people try to make a living, and one child, no matter the age, is said to sell for 20 cows, worth about $7,000. AP Photo/Sam Mednick

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In this photo taken Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, a boy comes out of the water after going for a swim in the Nile in Akobo town, one of the last rebel-held strongholds in South Sudan. It is a little-acknowledged tragedy in South Sudan's five-year civil war. Child kidnappings between clans have increased as people become more desperate amid widespread hunger and a devastated economy, human rights groups say. AP Photo/Sam Mednick

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In this photo taken Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, children carry foodstuff on their heads as they walk in the market in Akobo town, one of the last rebel-held strongholds in South Sudan. While tracking child kidnappings is challenging amid the conflict and mass displacement, he said his organization has confirmed abductions in several parts of the country. Those include 11 children seized last year in Abyei in the north, five taken between 2012 and 2014 in the Wau area in the west, and seven in 2016 and 2017 in the Yei area in the south, near the Ugandan border. AP Photo/Sam Mednick

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In this photo taken Monday, Jan. 22, 2018, a boy walks through a market carrying his chicken in Akobo town, one of the last rebel-held strongholds in South Sudan. Child abductions have risen during South Sudan's civil war as desperate people try to make a living, and one child, no matter the age, is said to sell for 20 cows, worth about $7,000. AP Photo/Sam Mednick

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In this photo taken Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, recently displaced children look out of a window of a dilapidated building where they are sheltering in Akobo town, one of the last rebel-held strongholds in South Sudan. Child abductions have risen during South Sudan's civil war as desperate people try to make a living, and one child, no matter the age, is said to sell for 20 cows, worth about $7,000. AP Photo/Sam Mednick

8 Februari 2018 00:00 WIB

In this photo taken Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, children stand on the banks of the Nile overlooking the Ethiopian border in Akobo town, one of the last rebel-held strongholds in South Sudan. Child abductions have risen during South Sudan's civil war as desperate people try to make a living, and one child, no matter the age, is said to sell for 20 cows, worth about $7,000. AP Photo/Sam Mednick

8 Februari 2018 00:00 WIB