![]() In Sudan, children are being killed, injured, abducted, and even recruited into armed groups. And I think we're deeply concerned that we could be looking at a repetition of these terrible days,” he warned. “I saw the total of the atrocities committed against children and women during the darkest days of the Darfur conflict 18 years ago. He said the conflict is threatening the lives and futures of children and young people, who make up over 70 per cent of Sudan's population. Chaiban, UNICEF’s Deputy Executive Director for Humanitarian Action and Supply Operations, expressed hope that ongoing talks in Saudi Arabia will lead to a cessation of hostilities. Overall, 24 million people across the country require aid. Ted Chaiban of the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, and Edem Wosornu with the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, briefed journalists on their recent mission to the country and Chad, one of several neighbouring nations hosting some 900,000 people who fled the violence.įighting between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) recently passed the 100-day mark.
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