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CAIRO — A drone assault by the Sudanese paramilitary forces hit a kindergarten in south-central Sudan, killing 50 folks, together with 33 kids, a docs’ group mentioned.
Paramedics on the scene within the city of Kalogi in South Kordofan state have been focused in “a second unexpected attack,” the group mentioned in an announcement late Friday.
The loss of life toll is predicted to be increased, however communication blackouts within the space have made it troublesome to report casualties.
Thursday’s assault is the most recent within the preventing between the paramilitary group, the Speedy Assist Forces, also referred to as the RSF, and the Sudanese navy, who’ve been at conflict for over two years. It’s now concentrating within the oil-rich Kordofan states.
“Killing children in their school is a horrific violation of children’s rights,” mentioned UNICEF Consultant for Sudan Sheldon Yett in an announcement Friday.
“Children should never pay the price of conflict,” mentioned Yett.
He mentioned UNICEF urges all events “to stop these attacks immediately and allow safe, unhindered access for humanitarian assistance to reach those in desperate need.”
Tons of of civilians have been killed all through the Kordofan states in the previous couple of weeks as intensified preventing shifted from Darfur after the RSF took over the besieged metropolis of el-Fasher.
Sudanese navy aerial strikes on Sunday killed at the least 48 folks, largely civilians, in Kauda, South Kordofan.
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk warned that Kordofan might face new atrocities like these in el-Fasher.
RSF’s violent takeover of el-Fasher was marked with executions of civilians, rapes and sexual assaults, and different atrocities. 1000’s escaped and hundreds extra are feared killed or trapped within the metropolis.
The RSF and the Sudanese navy have been preventing for energy over Sudan since 2023. Greater than 40,000 folks have been killed within the conflict, in line with the World Well being Group, and 12 million displaced. Nevertheless, help teams say the true loss of life toll may very well be method increased.
