UNICEF: Armed Men Abduct at Least 89 Boys in South Sudan

At least 89 boys have been abducted in South Sudan's restive Upper Nile state, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said Saturday. The U.N. agency said the boys, some as young as 13, were taking exams in Wau Shilluk, a town about 12 miles northeast of the state capital, Malakal, when they were taken by armed men. UNICEF also cited witnesses to the mass abduction who said "armed soldiers" went house to house in the town and...

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