One million children displaced in Sudan war: UNICEF

The conflict in Sudan has displaced more than one million children including 270,000 in the Darfur region, the United Nations children's agency said, warning many more were at 'grave risk'. ManilaBulletin

KHARTOUM, Sudan -- The conflict in Sudan has displaced more than one million children including 270,000 in the Darfur region, the United Nations children's agency said, warning many more were at "grave risk".

As well as the more than one million displaced, at least 330 children have been killed and more than 1,900 others wounded, UNICEF said in a statement on Thursday.Mandeep O'Brien, UNICEF representative in Sudan, said: "The future of Sudan is at stake, and we cannot accept the continued loss and suffering of its children.

It said the situation in the western region of Darfur -- where 270,000 children are said to have been displaced by the fighting -- was especially concerning. "The lack of safe water has left hundreds of thousands of children at risk of dehydration, diarrhoea, and malnutrition," it added.

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