UNICEF, originally the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund in full, now known officially as United Nations Children’s Fund, reveals the fighting in Sudan has taken a “devastating toll” on children.
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| Destroyed military vehicles seen at the Southern region of Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. Photo: Marwan Ali/AP via Al Jazeera |
Fighting continues for the sixth day in the capital of the Sudan, Khartoum as the second attempt at a cease fire breaks down.
Amnesty International says the spread of the unrest in Sudan is worsening the plight of civilians in Darfur region.
Fighting between the Army of Sudan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has not stopped for a sixth day as the latest attempt at a cease fire fails.
As disclosed by the Doctors’ Union, as huge as 70% of hospitals in Khartoum as well as neighboring states are “out of service”.
In the past five days, almost 300 people have been killed, as disclosed by the United Nations (UN) Health Agency.
Thousands of people have fled Khartoum for safety.
Catherine Russell, Executive Director of UNICEF, via a statement said, the fighting in Sudan has “already taken a devastating toll on the country’s children”.
Russell called for an end to the fighting in the capital.
She said: “At least 9 children have reportedly been killed in the fighting, and more than 50 children have reportedly been injured as hostilities continue in Khartoum, the Darfurs and North Kordofan.
“Many families are trapped in the crossfire, with little or no access to electricity, terrified about the fighting and the possibility of running out of food, water and medicine. Thousands of families have been forced from their homes in search of safety.
“We have received reports of children sheltering in schools and care centres while fighting rages around them, of children’s hospitals forced to evacuate as shelling moves closer, and hospitals, health centres and other critical infrastructure damaged or destroyed, limiting access to essential and lifesaving care and medicine”.
