Children being brutalized in Sudan's civil war, say UNICEF and MSF

FILE - Orphans and children separated from their parents in Kadugli gather to eat boiled leaves at an internally displaced persons camp in South Kordofan, Sudan, June 22, 2024.

The head of the U.N. children’s program, UNICEF, said Thursday that 16 million children in Sudan are suffering horribly from the country’s civil war, with many facing daily threats of violence, starvation, disease and sexual assault.