UNICEF says 435 children killed, 2,035 injured since start of Sudan conflict

In total, the UN children’s agency has received reports of 2,500 child rights violations so far, but the number is actually likely to be much higher.

News Agency of Nigeria • July 24, 2023

Sudan conflict [Credit: BBC]

The UN children’s agency UNICEF stated on Monday that violence in Sudan has resulted in the killing of about 435 children and injuring 2,025 others over the past three months.

“The impact that this conflict has had on children in Sudan over the last 100 days is unfathomable,” Ted Chaiban, UNICEF deputy executive director, said in a statement.

In total, the UN children’s agency has received reports of 2,500 child rights violations so far, but the number is actually likely to be much higher, the statement said.

“Every day, children are killed, injured, or abducted, and they witness schools, hospitals, and vital infrastructure being damaged, destroyed, or looted,” said Mr Chaiban, currently in Sudan.

In Sudan, former Vice President Mohammed Hamdan Daglo’s RSF militia, a paramilitary made up of tens of thousands of fighters that emerged from Arab militias in Darfur, is fighting the armed forces led by de facto President Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.

Meanwhile, a series of truces brokered by Saudi Arabia and the United States have largely failed to hold amid a growing humanitarian crisis.

(dpa/NAN)

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