| Submit your comments on this article |
| Africa North |
| US Tells Sudanese Rebel Group to Stop Recruiting Refugees |
| 2012-11-01 |
| The U.S. has called on a Sudanese rebel group to stop recruiting soldiers, including children, from a refugee camp in South Sudan. A U.S. official says the camp must be moved further from the border to protect civilians from the military presence. Anne Richard, the assistant secretary of state for population, refugees, and migration, says the U.S has told the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N) to leave Yida refugee camp in South Sudan's Unity state, and to stop recruiting civilians to fight the Sudanese government. "Our messages to them are really about the civilian nature of the camp, and we have asked them to not use the camp, which is supposed to be civilian, as a center for R&R or for recruitment of soldiers, and especially we've asked that they not take children to serve as soldiers on the other side of the border," she said. Richard said that the U.S delegation visiting Yida on Monday saw how militarized the camp of more than 60,000 people had become, despite a reported drop in recruitment recently. |
| Posted by:Au Auric |
| #5 Public Schools, ZF. My impression is that they tend to be from top flight schools. Unfortunately, education is no substitute for common sense and in fact seems to overwhelm it (as in who are you gonna believe, my windy academic theories or your lying eyes)? |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2012-11-01 20:52 |
| #4 Public Schools, ZF. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2012-11-01 20:44 |
| #3 Right - they should recruit from people with stable jobs and families. Where do they get these State Department morons from? |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2012-11-01 19:56 |
| #2 ...the assistant secretary of state for population, refugees, and migration Yeah. Think if she lost her job, that the country would grind to a halt? How many hundreds of thousand more are there holding jobs like her? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2012-11-01 19:28 |
| #1 Yeah, they'll listen to ya Anne. Just bein' the assistant secretary of state for 'migration' gives you the appropriate gravitas. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2012-11-01 09:53 |