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Sudan conflict has killed over 330 children and left 13 million in dire need of aid, UN charity warns
A Sudanese evacuee carries her son as they disembark from the USNS Brunswick at Jeddah port, Saudi Arabia, May 4, 2023

THE conflict in Sudan has killed over 330 children and left 13 million more in dire need of humanitarian assistance as they face an “unrelenting nightmare,” Unicef warned today.

It called on the country’s waring fractions to protect vulnerable young people.

Sudan’s military, led by General Abdel Fattah Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), commanded by General Mohamed Hamden Dagalo, have been locked in a deadly power struggle for two months.

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