MORE than 30 newborn babies have died at a hospital in Sudan since the start of the fighting in April, the World Health Organization reported last week. UNICEF reported on Tuesday that that 13.6 million children needed urgent assistance. Writing in The Times on Saturday, Tearfund’s country director for South Sudan, Anthony Rama, described the impact of the exodus. “Communities in South Sudan are themselves already struggling to survive in the face of an extreme climate and hunger crisis. “The people of Sudan continue to be the innocent victims of a dispute within the Military Council that has ruled Sudan since the coup of October 2021,” its statement said.

Source: The Times June 01, 2023 23:28 UTC