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21 November 2023

At least 5 million children at the brink in Darfur as unchecked conflict worsens

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06 November 2023

UNICEF Statement: Over 200 days of war leaves a generation of children in Sudan on the brink

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18 October 2023

UNICEF and WHO warn that further attacks & disruptions of health and nutrition services in Sudan could cost over 10,000 young lives by the end of 2023

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09 October 2023

19 million children in Sudan out of school as conflict rages on – UNICEF, Save the Children

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19 September 2023

Tens of thousands of Sudanese children on the brink of death before the year ends

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More than two million children displaced by brutal conflict in Sudan as violence spreads to new areas

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21 November 2023

At least 5 million children at the brink in Darfur as unchecked conflict worsens

In the last seven months of fighting in Sudan, reported cases of children killed and injured in Darfur spiked 450 per cent when compared to all of 2022.

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06 November 2023

UNICEF Statement: Over 200 days of war leaves a generation of children in Sudan on the brink

UNICEF calls for redoubled commitment to Sudan, now the largest child displacement crisis in the world

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18 October 2023

UNICEF and WHO warn that further attacks & disruptions of health and nutrition services in Sudan could cost over 10,000 young lives by the end of 2023

6 months of conflict in Sudan leave millions of children at risk of cholera, dengue, measles, malaria & other diseases without sufficient containment capacities

Education, learning, back to school, children, girls, boys, displaced children, displaced people, conflict, Sudan

09 October 2023

19 million children in Sudan out of school as conflict rages on – UNICEF, Save the Children

Academic year starts with all schools closed due to impacts of the war, risking a generational catastrophe

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19 September 2023

Tens of thousands of Sudanese children on the brink of death before the year ends

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Spokesperson James Elder – to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

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More than two million children displaced by brutal conflict in Sudan as violence spreads to new areas

With more children displaced in past 52 days than in previous four years combined, UNICEF warns that, without peace, the future of Sudan’s children is at stake.

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Severe violations of children’s rights an ‘hourly occurrence’ in Sudan, warns UNICEF

UNICEF has received credible reports that at least 435 children killed and 2025 injured in past 100 days – an average of more than one an hour

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Sudan: Top UN officials sound alarm at spike in violence against women and girls

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Over one million children newly displaced in two months as Sudan faces escalating conflict

More than 5 million children in Darfur region at grave risk as humanitarian situation deteriorates in Sudan

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Hundreds of vulnerable children safely relocated from Khartoum orphanage

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Sudan conflict leaves 13.6 million children in desperate need of humanitarian aid

Violence continues to disrupt the lives of children and families, who are in the midst of a catastrophe; UNICEF is calling for US$838 million to address the crisis, an increase of US$253 million since the current conflict began in April 2023.

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Sudan violence forces at least 450,000 children to flee

Increased humanitarian response is urgently needed as an estimated 82,000 children cross into neighbouring countries

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Samreen Abuidris
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UNICEF Sudan
Tel: +249 (0) 912 177 295
Email: sabuidris@unicef.org

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