FILE - A woman and a child, displaced from North Darfur's capital, el-Fasher or other conflict-affected areas walk in the newly established El-Afadh camp in Al Dabbah, in Sudan's Northern State, Sudan, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali, File)
This is a locator map for Sudan with its capital, Khartoum. (AP Photo)
CAIRO (AP) — More than 300 children have been killed or injured in the last six months in the war in Sudan, mostly from drone strikes, the U.N. children's agency said Monday.
Sudan has been mired in a war between the Sudanese military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces since April 2023.
The war is now concentrated in the Kordofan, Darfur and Blue Niles states, with drone warfare causing 60% of casualties, according to UNICEF.
The U.N., U.S, U.K. and others as the RSF and the military fight for control of the strategic city of el-Obeid, in North Kordofan.
In Geneva on Monday, the U.N.-backed Human Rights Council approved a measure, which was brought by five European countries, condemning the escalating violence by the RSF and its allies in and around el-Obeid.
The measure, which was approved without a vote, also encourages greater support for countries hosting refugees from Sudan and condemns “all forms of external interference” in the war, among other things.
The conflict has killed , displaced some 13 million and pushed . More than 30 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance.
Drone strikes and shelling have targeted civilian infrastructure including schools, markets, fuel and water stations putting over 500,000 people at risk. Civilians have faced almost siegelike conditions for over a year.
“Children are being caught in a relentless cycle of violence, displacement and deprivation,” said Sheldon Yett, UNICEF Representative for Sudan.
The U.N. called on parties “to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure, allow and facilitate safe, rapid and unimpeded humanitarian access, and take all possible measures to protect children from harm.”
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