He condemned the war, which recently entered its third year.
The UN has warned that the collapse of essential services and mass displacement are pushing millions in Darfur and beyond closer to catastrophe.
Dujarric said, “The secretary-general calls for an immediate ceasefire in and around the El Fasher area.’’
More than 15 million children in Sudan are out of school due to the country’s ongoing conflict, the National Council for Child Welfare said.
Mr Taboul said that without safety in Sudan, there would be no safety across the region with open borders that could affect regional security
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About five million children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, have been acutely malnourished, it added.
The ministry said in a statement that the cumulative infection rate of the latest outbreak had reached 9,533 cases as of Sunday.
This hospital was one of the few specialising in treating sick children and has remained operational since the start of the war in Sudan.
The United States government has called for urgent measures to end the war in Sudan.
The conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces erupted in April in 2023.
