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| South Sudan child scrap metal diggers blown up in Juba | South Sudan child scrap metal diggers blown up in Juba |
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| Five children have been killed by an old mortar shell as they dug for scrap metal in South Sudan's capital, Juba. | Five children have been killed by an old mortar shell as they dug for scrap metal in South Sudan's capital, Juba. |
| The five were looking for metal in an old army barracks, a military spokesman told the BBC. | The five were looking for metal in an old army barracks, a military spokesman told the BBC. |
| The BBC's James Copnall says unexploded ordnance and mines remain a big problem in South Sudan, following decades of civil war. | |
| There are clear-up operations under way in several areas of South Sudan, but such explosions kill people every year. | There are clear-up operations under way in several areas of South Sudan, but such explosions kill people every year. |
| The children, aged 10-14, were killed in a former barracks in Juba's Souk Sita district, army spokesman Col Philip Aguer said. | The children, aged 10-14, were killed in a former barracks in Juba's Souk Sita district, army spokesman Col Philip Aguer said. |
| He said that a Ugandan man who was with them, presumably to buy the scrap metal, was wounded. | He said that a Ugandan man who was with them, presumably to buy the scrap metal, was wounded. |
| South Sudan gained independence in 2011 after a long conflict with the north but it remains one of the world's least developed countries. | South Sudan gained independence in 2011 after a long conflict with the north but it remains one of the world's least developed countries. |
| In addition to the explosives left over from the war, rebels have been accused of laying new mines, particularly in Unity state near the border with Sudan, our correspondent reports. | In addition to the explosives left over from the war, rebels have been accused of laying new mines, particularly in Unity state near the border with Sudan, our correspondent reports. |
| This has at times made travel around the area dangerous, he adds. | This has at times made travel around the area dangerous, he adds. |