Before the crisis, nearly 3.8 million people were internally displaced in Sudan, 1.9 million of whom were children. Over three months into the conflict, millions of families have been uprooted from their homes by the violence. Several more hospitals are believed to have been turned into military bases, and there have been repeated reports of ambulances coming under attack. An estimated 68 per cent of hospitals in the worst-affected areas have had to suspend service and at least 17 hospitals have reportedly been bombed. In addition to those reportedly killed and injured, UNICEF has received alarming reports of escalating attacks against health facilities in parts of Sudan. Each and every day, children are being killed, injured, abducted, and seeing the schools, hospitals and the vital infrastructure and life-saving supplies they rely on damaged, destroyed or looted.”Īt least 435 children have been reported killed in the conflict, and at least 2,025 children injured. “Parents and grandparents who lived through previous cycles of violence are now having to watch their children and grandchildren experience similar horrific experiences. “The scale of the impact that this conflict has had on children in Sudan in the past 100 days is almost beyond comprehension,” said Ted Chaiban, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director for Humanitarian Action and Supply Operations, who is in Sudan this week. As these are just the numbers reported to UNICEF sources, the true figure is likely to be far higher, and a grim reminder of the day-to-day impact of the crisis on the most vulnerable, in a country where almost 14 million children need humanitarian support. PORT SUDAN/NEW YORK, 24 July 2023 – As the brutal conflict in Sudan hits 100 days, UNICEF has received reports of a staggering 2,500 severe violations of children’s rights -an average of at least one an hour.
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