![]() ![]() ![]() Government forces – including the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) and the South Sudan National Police Service (SSNPS) – as well as allied militias that have received government support – including the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-North (SPLM/A-N) – have all recruited and used child soldiers. Experts estimate that there were between 7,000 and 19,000 child soldiers in South Sudan as of February 2021. ![]() State Department, government and opposition forces in South Sudan are believed to have recruited more than 19,000 children for use as soldiers since the country’s civil war began in 2013. national interest,” as PKO funds are used to support essential ceasefire monitoring mechanisms or efforts in the country – including the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan, which requires the government of South Sudan to refrain from the recruitment and use of child soldiers.Īccording to the U.S. South Sudan’s 20 waiver justifications maintain that “waiving restrictions to PKO assistance is in the U.S. presidents have been required to include justifications for CSPA waivers that were issued during the previous year in the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. After not receiving a waiver in 2022, South Sudan was denied $18 million in FY2023 Peacekeeping Operations assistance due to CSPA prohibitions. Specifically, the president has waived more than $20 million in Direct Commercial Sales, $773,000 in International Military Education and Training, and more than $229 million in Peacekeeping Operations assistance from FY2013 through FY2022. ![]()
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