UNIFCEF airlift *rought draft*

By Anonymous (not verified) , 27 February, 2001
Author
arthur

UNIFCEF airlift *rought draft*

In the sudan, an operation to airlift more than 2,500 demobilized child soliders

out of a combat zone is almost complete.

In an operation that began last friday, children are being moved by plane

to be rehabilitated and have their families found.

The former soldiers, who range in age from 8 to 18, were demobilized from

military camps run by the rebel Sudan Peoples' Liberation Army based

on a personal commitment made by an SPLA commander in October 2000.

The UN, estimates that 9,000 child soldiers are serving

in various armed groups in the area.