Means of escalating armed conflict... At least 60 children in orphanages dead

Deaths Due to Food and Medicine Shortages
Including Infants Under 3 Months Old

In Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, where armed conflict has continued for six weeks, dozens of infants and children trapped in an orphanage have lost their lives due to a lack of food and other necessities.

According to foreign media including the British Guardian on the 31st of last month (local time), at least 60 children died from food and medicine shortages at an orphanage located in Khartoum. Just over the past weekend, 26 children died, including infants less than three months old.

AP news agency reported that at least 60 infants and young children have died over the past six weeks at an orphanage in Khartoum, Sudan, where a violent conflict between warlords has been ongoing for over a month. The photo shows an infant living at the orphanage in May. [Image source=AP Yonhap News]

In a video filmed by orphanage staff, the bodies of children wrapped in white cloth are seen in various places. Nearby, children wearing diapers were playing or sleeping.

Hebba Abdalla, a nurse working at the orphanage, lamented, "As external support was cut off, food and medicine for the children rapidly decreased," adding, "The children are always crying from hunger, but there is still nothing to eat."

The staff explained that part of the facility was covered in dust due to shelling last week, and the infants were moved all together into a large room.

Upon learning of these circumstances, UNICEF and the International Red Cross provided the orphanage with formula, food, and medicine.

As of the 29th of last month, it is known that there were at least 341 children in the orphanage: 165 infants aged 1 to 6 months, 48 aged 7 to 12 months, and 128 children aged 1 to 13 years.

On the 24th of last month (local time), the bank building in Khartoum, Sudan, which had been devastated after more than a month of armed clashes between government forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). [Image source=Yonhap News]

Earlier, in Sudan, armed clashes between the government forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have continued since April 15 over organizational integration and command authority after integration.

The Sudanese government forces and the RSF, led by Commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, have been conducting ceasefire talks since the 6th of last month under the mediation of the United States and Saudi Arabia to protect civilians and provide humanitarian aid.

Through the talks, both sides achieved results such as agreeing to cooperate to protect civilians and allow humanitarian assistance. To this end, they agreed to a temporary ceasefire for seven days starting on the 22nd of last month, followed by a five-day extension.

However, according to the British daily The Guardian on the 1st, the ceasefire talks between the two sides were suspended, and shelling resumed, injuring or killing 100 civilians. Local residents testified that six tank shells were fired in Al Shajara, one of the Sudanese government-controlled areas within Khartoum.

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