The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) revealed that the ongoing conflict in Sudan has displaced more than two million children.
In a statement issued on Thursday, UNICEF said that fighting between the Sudanese Army and military rival the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which erupted in April, has displaced 1.7 million children within the country while more than 470,000 have fled across the border to safety.
It also warned that currently, 14 million children in Sudan are in urgent need of humanitarian support, noting that many of these boys and girls are facing multiple threats and terrifying experiences every day.
The agency further mentioned that 9.5 million children in Sudan lack access to safe drinking water, and 3.4 million under-fives are at high risk of diarrhoeal diseases and cholera.
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