Sudan war is ‘world’s largest child displacement crisis’ with millions facing malnourishment, UNICEF says
The civil war in Sudan is “the world’s largest child displacement crisis,” and as the conflict rages on, millions of children face malnutrition, UNICEF said Friday.
The civil war in Sudan is “the world’s largest child displacement crisis,” and as the conflict rages on, millions of children face malnutrition, UNICEF said Friday.
Around 3 million children have been displaced in the country since the outbreak of the war about 300 days ago, according to the United Nations humanitarian aid organization.
An estimated 3.5 million children in the country will suffer from acute malnutrition this year. For about 700,000, it could be life-threatening, UNICEF said in a statement.
UNICEF spokesperson James Elder, who recently visited Darfur, said in a news release that the organization “won’t be able to treat more than 300,000 of those children without improved access and without additional support.”
“In that case, tens of thousands would likely die,” he said of the children.
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