UNICEF says, Sudan war has claimed 435 children killed, 2,000 injured in 100 days
Post By Diaspoint | July 28, 2023
The UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, on Monday reported that no fewer than 435 children had been killed and more than 2,000 others injured in 100 days of fighting in Sudan.
UNICEF stated that the figure is based on credible reports, noting that the true figure was likely to be far higher.
The UN agency added that there had been more than 2,500 severe violations of children’s rights – an average of more than one per hour – in a country where 14 million youngsters need aid relief.
“As we reach more than 100 days since the conflict in Sudan escalated, we know that it is taking an absolutely horrific toll on children and on families,” Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Farhan Haq quoted UNICEF as saying.
Haq told journalists at UN headquarters in New York that the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has also reported that nearly 300 displaced children had died from measures and malnutrition in White Nile State.
According to UNHCR, conditions are “harrowing” for those reaching shelter in neighbouring countries, where displacement camps are overcrowded, and the rainy season has made relocation and aid deliveries harder.
To date, more than 3.3 million people have been displaced within Sudan and across its borders, including to Egypt, where UNHCR said that most children continue to arrive without their parents.
Despite intense diplomatic efforts to end the fighting – notably by the African Union, the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) regional body, the League of Arab States and the UN – clashes involving the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia have continued across multiple fronts.
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