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Child soldier "nightmare" imminent in South Sudan, warns Unicef

Child soldiers surrender guns during a disarmament exercise in South Sudan on February 10, 2015. PHOTO | FILE

A spike in the forced recruitment of child soldiers in South Sudan could be imminent, the United Nations' children's agency said on Friday, amid fears that the world's youngest nation is on the brink of renewed civil war.

Despite an August 2015 peace deal, fierce fighting broke out in the capital Juba last month, killing hundreds of people.

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