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Statement
15 August 2024

At least five children reportedly killed and 20 injured in shelling of school and market in El Obeid city, Sudan

PORT SUDAN, 15 August 2024 – “Yesterday, five girls were reportedly killed and 20 children injured in attacks in El Obeid city in Kordofan state, during which shells hit Al-Khansa Secondary School for Girls, and a crowded marketplace.        “On Sunday, a shell struck a UNICEF-supported child-f...
Article
03 July 2024

Rebuilding life together

The Sudan war is taking a huge toll on children and adolescents. They have lost friends, homes, and loved ones, and for many, nothing makes sense anymore.    With a sudden change in their lives, many are struggling to cope, overwhelmed, and sometimes scared and anxious. Others worry about the reoccurrenc...
Article
03 July 2024

A day at a safe learning space

It is early morning in Kassala. The sun gently illuminates the room that 10-year-old Naba shares with her grandparents. She awakens from her bed, washes her face, and brushes her teeth, preparing for her day at UNICEF’s safe learning space s, also known as a Makanna.    Since she and her mother fled Khar...
Article
30 June 2024

Explosive remnants of war

The danger of death and injury from unexploded remnants of war, including abandoned and unexploded bombs, is tragically real for children and families in conflict-affected Sudan. Despite ongoing war entering its second year, thousands continue to move from one state to another in search of safety, while many are m...
Press release
26 June 2024

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell warns of a deepening crisis for children following a visit to Sudan

PORT SUDAN, Sudan, 26 June 2024 – Children across Sudan are continuing to pay a devastating price for the conflict that has ravaged the country, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell warned, following a visit to Port Sudan. More than half of the country’s 24 million children – some 14 million - are...
Article
22 June 2024

Innocence under siege

The war in Sudan has caused untold suffering on the country’s children. Displacement, interrupted schooling, loss of friends and family, destruction of safe spaces, separation from loved ones, relentless bombings, and deprivation of basic needs are all taking a severe toll on their mental health and wellbeing.&nbs...
Press release
31 May 2024

Sudan’s children trapped in critical malnutrition crisis, warn UN agencies

GENEVA/NEW YORK/ROME: Three United Nations agencies today issued a stark warning that all indications point to a significant deterioration of the nutrition situation for children and mothers in war-torn Sudan. The lives of Sudan’s children are at stake and urgent action is needed to protect an entire generation fr...
Article
21 May 2024

Rising from the rubble

Magfera had dreams of becoming a medical doctor. She had completed the first set of entry exams and was excited to proceed to the third year of high school. Then the war in Sudan happened, starting from the capital Khartoum and later spiraling into Darfur, where she lived happily with her family.  For many ye...
Statement
03 May 2024

An attack on El Fasher would endanger hundreds of thousands of children, warns UNICEF

NEW YORK, 3 May 2024 – “The increase of fighting in Sudan’s North Darfur state has taken a deadly toll on children in recent weeks. But the threat of an imminent military attack on El Fasher, a city sheltering at least 500,000 people displaced by violence elsewhere in the country, risks a catastrophic escalation, endangering the lives and…
Press release
14 April 2024

An entire generation of children in Sudan faces a catastrophe as the war enters its second year

NEW YORK/PARIS/PORT SUDAN, 14 April 2024 – One year since violence exploded in Sudan, and as the ensuing crisis continues to deepen, the lives, educations and futures of a generation of Sudanese children hang in the balance.   Beyond the direct impact of the violence on children, the ongoing war has fueled a ...
Report
14 April 2024

Sudan Nutrition Crisis

The nutritional situation in Sudan was already grave before the outbreak of the conflict one year ago. Since then, humanitarian conditions have further deteriorated leading to massive population displacement, limited and disrupted access to basic services, disease outbreaks, and worsening food and water security. ...
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13 April 2024

One year of the brutal war in Sudan

The children of Sudan have now endured a full year of violence, trauma, displacement, and devastation since the conflict escalated. Millions have been forced to flee their homes, making Sudan the biggest child displacement crisis in the world.    For these children, it has been 12 months of loss, tears, ...