More than 300 Children Killed or Injured in Sudan War in 6 Months, UNICEF Says
UNICEF says drone strikes caused most of the 330 child casualties as the council opens an urgent inquiry into abuses and warns of larger atrocities.
- On Monday, UNICEF reported that more than 300 children have been killed in Sudan over the last six months, mostly from drone strikes.
- The Sudanese military and Rapid Support Forces have fought since April 2023, with drone warfare causing 60% of casualties across Kordofan, Darfur, and Blue Niles.
- "Children are being caught in a relentless cycle of violence, displacement and deprivation," said Sheldon Yett, UNICEF Representative for Sudan, as attacks on schools, markets, and water stations put over 500,000 people at risk.
- At least 59,000 people have died and 13 million are displaced, while more than 30 million require humanitarian assistance amid siege-like conditions.
- The United Nations has called on all parties to protect civilians and facilitate humanitarian access, as fighting for control of the strategic city of el-Obeid in North Kordofan continues.
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Shaaban Bilal (Geneva, Khartoum) The war in the Sudan between the army and the rapid support forces resulted in the death and injury of at least 330 children during the first six months of 2026, as announced by the United Nations Children ' s Fund (UNICEF), UNICEF yesterday. The representative of UNICEF in the Sudan, Sheldon Yeat, stated in a statement that children were killed and injured inside their homes, on roads and in markets, while …
(Johannesburg=Yonhap News) Correspondent Na Hak-jin = In Sudan, Africa, where a civil war has been ongoing for four years, 330 children were killed or injured in the first half of this year alone...
Over 300 Sudan children killed or injured in six months: UNICEF
Khartoum: More than 300 children have been killed or injured in the last six months in the war in Sudan, mostly from drone strikes, the UN children’s agency said on Monday. The Sudanese military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have been fighting since April 2023. The war is now concentrated in the Kordofan, Darfur and Blue Nile states, with drone warfare causing 60 per cent of casualties, according to UNICEF. The UN, US, UK and others …
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