Nations Agencies: Children and War

nations agencies: Jerome Delay / The Associated Press By Justin Lynch The Associated Press Mon., May 8, 2017 NAIROBI, KENYA More than 1 million children have fled South Sudan's civil war, two United Nations agencies said Monday, part of the world's fastest growing refugee crisis, according to Toronto Star. Another 1 million South Sudanese children are displaced within the country, having fled their homes due to the civil war, said the UN's child and refugee agencies in a statement Monday. More than 1 million children have fled South Sudan's civil war, the UN has said. The future of a generation is truly on the brink, said Leila Pakkala, UNICEF's Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa. The civil war has worsened South Sudan's ethnic divisions and UN officials have said parts of the country is experiencing ethnic cleansing and is at risk of genocide. The horrifying fact that nearly one in five children in South Sudan has been forced to flee their home illustrates how devastating this conflict has been for the country's most vulnerable. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.