The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict is alarmed by the recent border clashes between South Sudan and Sudan taking a heavy toll on children.
Two 14-years old boys were killed and injured during aerial bombardments on a market in Rubkona, Unity State, on Monday.Radhika Coomaraswamy said air raids in heavily populated areas killing and maiming children are grave breaches of international humanitarian law.
She called on the Sudanese Armed Forces to immediately stop indiscriminate attacks.
Ms Coomaraswamy added that South Sudan and Sudan should both refrain from further confrontation in an effort to spare innocent civilians from further suffering.