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Besieged city in Sudan has become 'an epicentre of child suffering,' UNICEF warns

UNICEF reports 6,000 children suffer from severe acute malnutrition amid ongoing siege, with over 600,000 displaced and health services severely disrupted.

  • El-Fasher, a city in Sudan, is under siege by the Rapid Support Forces , leaving 260,000 civilians, including 130,000 children, trapped without aid for over 16 months.
  • Catherine Russell, UNICEF's Executive Director, stated that children in El-Fasher are starving while UNICEF’s lifesaving nutrition services are being blocked.
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Sudan: ‘Devastating tragedy’ for children in El Fasher after 500 days of siege

UNICEF continues to call for unimpeded humanitarian access for the delivery of therapeutic food, medicines, clean water, and other essentials.

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Sexualized violence and hunger as a weapon: the paramilitary "riding devils" have besieged Fashir since May 2024. Now the Uno reports that the situation of the 130,000 children trapped there is almost hopeless.

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For 500 days, the Sudanese city of El-Fasher has been under siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

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"Children in El Fasher are starving while UNICEF's life-saving nutrition aid is being blocked," says UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell. Some 6,000 children are unable to receive treatment for severe and acute malnutrition.

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