Sudan: No Child Safe in Al Fasher

New York — UNICEF is gravely concerned by the images and reports coming from Al Fasher, in the Darfur region of Sudan.

The escalating violence has left thousands of children, already besieged for more than 500 days, further trapped amid relentless shelling, heavy fighting, and severe shortages of food, safe water, and medicine.

“No child is safe,” said UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell. “While the full scale of the impact remains unclear due to widespread communications blackouts, the…