WORLD NEWS | 413 killed in Sudan fighting so far: WHO

Geneva [Switzerland]24 April (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) says 413 people have now died in the conflict in Sudan, while the UN children’s agency says children are paying a high price, with at least nine reported killed in fighting, and More than 50 people were seriously injured, according to Turkey’s Anadolu News Agency.

WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris told a U.N. news briefing that 413 people were killed and 3,551 wounded in the clashes, according to Sudanese government figures.

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The fighting is part of an ongoing conflict between the country’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

She said there had been 11 verified attacks on healthcare facilities, including 10 since April 15.

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“According to the Sudanese Ministry of Health, the number of medical facilities that have stopped working is 20. And, according to the Ministry of Health, the number of medical facilities that are at risk of shutdown is 12,” Harris said.

“So this means that all those who need care, not only those injured in the hearings, the horrific fighting, but also those who previously required treatment and continue to receive treatment,” were affected by the virus, a WHO spokesman said. affected. , Anadolu reports.

At the same news conference, UNICEF spokesman James Elder said: “It is clear, as ever, that fighting is taking a devastating toll on children.

“We are now receiving reports of at least nine children dead and at least 50 children injured. As long as the fighting continues, these numbers will continue to rise,” he added.

Elder said large numbers of people were trapped without power, Anadolu reported.

“They are afraid of running out of food, water and medicine,” he said, adding, “One of our biggest concerns is those hospitals that have been attacked.”

Sudan already has one of the highest rates of child malnutrition in the world, Elder said.

“We are now in a situation where critical life-saving support for approximately 50,000 children is at risk,” a UNICEF spokesman said.

Elder said the fighting also put Sudan’s “cold chain” at risk, including vaccines and insulin worth more than $40 million, due to disruptions in power supplies and the inability to refuel generators.

UNICEF has also received reports of children sheltering in schools and care centers while battling the rampage around them, and children’s hospitals were forced to evacuate as the shelling loomed, Anadolu reported.

Before the violence escalated in Sudan, the humanitarian needs of children in the country were high, with an estimated three-quarters of children living in extreme poverty, Elder said.

At the same time, 11.5 million children and community members are in need of emergency water and sanitation services, 7 million children are out of school, and more than 600,000 children suffer from severe acute malnutrition.

Fighting broke out between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in and around the capital, Khartoum, on Saturday, Anadolu reported.

Sudan has been without a functioning government since October 2021, when the military sacked Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok’s transitional government and declared a state of emergency in what political forces called a “coup”. (Arnie)

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