Condemning the incident that happened at the weekend, the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEFThe children were playing soccer when a shell hit the school’s “child-friendly space” in Al Hattana, Khartoum state, the statement said.
UNICEF representative in Sudan, Sheldon Yett, said Saturday’s attack highlighted “the ongoing violence against children” in a war that has claimed the lives of thousands of children. He called for an end to the violence and attacks on vital public infrastructure. in a statement posted online.
Call for ceasefire
Fifteen months into the fighting in Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the rival Rapid Support Forces, international efforts are continuing to broker a ceasefire, in line with Sunday Call from the UN Secretary General to the warring parties to reach a negotiated solution.
Due to ongoing fighting, an estimated 10.7 million people are displaced within Sudan and another 2.1 million have sought refuge in neighboring countries.
The war also caused a severe hunger crisis, with nearly 26 million people struggling to find daily meals.
Famine warning
Last week, UN humanitarian officials warned that famine had been confirmed in Zamzam Displacement Camp in Sudan’s North Darfur. A senior official with the United Nations World Food Programme (also increasingly concerned that people in other nearby refugee camps could fall into similar situations)World Food Programme) told UN News.
In a related development on Sunday, US Special Envoy to Sudan Tom Perriello announced that he intends to travel to Geneva to launch efforts supported by Switzerland and Saudi Arabia “to end the crisis in Sudan”.
Mr. Perriello said in a statement about X that “in addition to consulting with [warring] “We have heard from tens of thousands of civilians inside and outside Sudan. Their message is clear: they want an end to the daily terror of shelling, starvation and siege.”
