JAKARTA - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) revealed that more than 300 children have been killed in the past six months in the war in Sudan, mostly due to drone attacks.
Sudan has been caught up in a civil war between the Sudanese military and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since April 2023.
Citing AP, Monday, July 6, according to UNICEF, the war is now concentrated in the states of Kordofan, Darfur, and Blue Nile, with drone warfare causing 60 percent of the casualties.
The United Nations, the United States, Britain and other countries have expressed concern about potential atrocities as the RSF and the military battle to seize the strategic town of el-Obeid, in North Kordofan.
The conflict has killed at least 59,000 people, displaced some 13 million, and pushed much of Sudan into famine. More than 30 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance.
Drone strikes and shelling have targeted civilian infrastructure including schools, markets, fuel and water stations, endangering more than 500,000 people. Civilians have faced conditions akin to an almost year-long siege.
"Children are trapped in a cycle of violence, displacement and unrelenting deprivation," said Sheldon Yett, UNICEF Representative for Sudan.
The UN called on the parties "to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure, allow and facilitate safe, rapid and unhindered humanitarian access, and take all possible measures to protect children from harm."
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