Detailed information on the recruitment of minors by the Sudan People's Liberation Army in the mid eighties including size and training locations is documented in the following Human Rights Watch/Africa reports, which are available at Documentation Centres: Civilian Devastation: Abuses by All Parties in the War in Southern Sudan. 1994, pages 195-197, and The Lost Boys: Children Soldiers and Unaccompanied Minors in Southern Sudan. November 1994, Vol. 6, No. 10, pages 8-21.

No reports on the size of the Ohukudum camp in 1984 could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please see the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Human Rights Watch/Africa. November 1994. Sudan: The Lost Boys: Child Soldiers and Unaccompanied Boys in Southern Sudan. New York: Human Rights Watch.

_____. 1994. Civilian Devastation: Abuses by All Parties in the War in Southern Sudan. New York: Human Rights Watch.

Africa Confidential [London]. 1984-1986.

Africa Contemporary Record [London]. 1986-1987.

Africa Research Bulletin [Oxford]. 1988-1990.

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 1985-1986. United States Department of State. Washington, DC: United States Printing Office.

IRB Databases.

Keesing's Record World Events [Cambridge]. 1988-1990.

Internet Sites including:

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Metacrawler.

Mamma.