Sudan: An Attack on El Fasher Would Endanger Hundreds of Thousands of Children, Warns UNICEF

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on situation in Darfur, Sudan

“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 wellbeing of 750,000 children in El Fasher, and potentially millions more. We call on parties…