{"id":38999,"date":"2026-07-07T11:55:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T09:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=38999"},"modified":"2026-07-07T11:55:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T09:55:45","slug":"unicef-reports-surge-in-child-casualties-in-sudan","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/unicef-reports-surge-in-child-casualties-in-sudan\/","title":{"rendered":"UNICEF reports surge in child casualties in Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The United Nations Children&#8217;s Fund\u00a0(UNICEF)\u00a0says at least 330 children were killed or injured in Sudan during the first six months of 2026.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The agency says the highest number of child casualties was recorded in the Darfur and Kordofan regions.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Since May, drone strikes and other attacks have reportedly caused more than 35 child casualties in Kordofan alone, with at least 18 children killed and over 17 injured.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The victims ranged in age from just two months to 17 years.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>UNICEF Representative for Sudan, Sheldon Yett, says children are trapped in a relentless cycle of violence, displacement and deprivation, stressing that they must never be targeted.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Channel Africa&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":32731,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-38999","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"UNICEF\u00a0says at least 330 children were killed or injured in Sudan","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39000,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38999\/revisions\/39000"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=38999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}