A newly released child soldier attends a release ceremony in Yambio, South Sudan, on February 7, 2018. More than 300 child soldiers, including 87 girls, have been released in South Sudan's war-torn region of Yambio under a programme to help reintegrate them into society, the UN said on on Februar y 7, 2018. A conflict erupted in South Sudan little more than two years after gained independence from Sudan in 2011, causing tens of thousands of deaths and uprooting nearly four million people. The integration programme in Yambio, which is located in the south of the country, aims at helping 700 child soldiers return to normal life. Pic/AFP

At least 15 people have been killed and eight others wounded following renewed communal fighting in South Sudan's Jonglei State over a renaming of contested village, a government official said on Friday. The renewed clashes erupted midweek in Kolang Payam of former Bor County, following last year's disagreement that left 15 people dead, Jonglei State Information of Minister Jacob Akech Deng told Xinhua.