South Sudan is today celebrating the Day of the African Child at Nyakuron Cultural Centre in Juba.
The commemoration in under the theme: ‘Protecting the rights of children in conflict and crisis situation’.
This year’s theme for the African Union is ‘Conflict and crises in Africa: Protecting all children’s rights’.
The Minister of Gender, Child and Social Welfare, Awut Deng Acuil expresses government commitment to protect the rights of children in conflicts and crises in South Sudan.
The event is a commemoration of the 1976 uprisings in South Africa, where school children who protested against the apartheid education system were brutally killed by the police.
The African Union requests all member state governments to observe the day in their respective countries.