UNICEF warns of the deteriorating situation of children in Sudan due to hunger

April 23, 2024 (PEN) The United Nations Children’s Fund has warned that, one year into the war in Sudan, hunger and lack of food threaten the lives of children, while Sudan now faces a worsening nutrition crisis.

UNICEF reported that 3.7 million children in Sudan suffer from acute malnutrition, 730,000 of whom suffer from severe acute malnutrition.

She stressed that now is the time to work for every child in Sudan, as children have been facing catastrophic crises since the outbreak of the conflict between the armed forces and the Rapid Support Forces in mid-April last year.