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UNICEF says 700,000 children in Sudan face life-threatening malnutrition

UNICEF is appealing for $840m to help just more than 7.5 million children in Sudan as the war continues [File: AFP]

At least 700,000 children in Sudan are likely to suffer from the worst form of malnutrition this year, and tens of thousands could die, the United Nations children’s agency has warned.

A 10-month war in Sudan between its armed forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has devastated the country’s infrastructure, prompted warnings of famine and displaced millions of people inside and outside the country.

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