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UN children's agency warns millions of Sudanese children going hungry
Sudanese Children suffering from malnutrition are treated at an MSF clinic in Metche Camp, Chad, near the Sudanese border, on April 6, 2024

SUDAN is one of the worst places in the world for children, the head of the United Nations children's agency has warned, as millions of children are going hungry and not attending school.

Unicef executive director Catherine Russell said this week that the African nation now has the largest displacement of children of any country around the globe.

Children are at the sharp end of Sudan’s hunger crisis as warring parties are both restricting the delivery of desperately needed aid.

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