Nearly 200 children have died in the violence in Sudan

At least 551 people – including 190 children – have died in Sudan due to the rivalry between the two military factions that ran the country, in which the number of injured reached 5,000, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) and Unicef, the United Nations child protection agency.

The humanitarian organizations report various types of human rights violationsincluding indiscriminate attacks on civilians, sexual violence, looting and widespread crime.

Among the most affected infrastructures are medical facilitiesfrom primary health care centers to hospitals, which were the subject of various types of attacks, with 28 reported incidents.

The WHO indicated that, as a consequence, only 16% of medical facilities in the capital Khartoum – the urban area most affected by the fighting – are operating at full capacity and 60% stopped working completely. Others provide partial care.

Eight people were killed in attacks on health facilitiessaid organization spokeswoman Margaret Harris.

The fighters prevent people from accessing medical careto rob, occupy buildings by force or carry out violent attacks on them, the spokeswoman explained to journalists in Geneva.

Unicef ​​has pointed out today that seven children are killed or wounded every hour in hostilities from the day they were announced, April 15.

In total, 190 minors died and 1700 were injuredaccording to the agency, although these figures only include cases that have reached medical facilities for treatment, so the actual balance is believed to be much higher.

The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) He asked that no country in the world return Sudanese people to their country in the current circumstances, whether they are refugees or migrants because of the extreme insecurity and the risk this may pose to their lives.

According to the agency, there are 845,000 Sudanese refugeesthe vast majority in neighboring countries, but also in Europe, North America and Malaysia, with an unknown number of migrant workers abroad.

“Refugees and migrants abroad, even if they are not part of the asylum system, may not be sent back or expelled, even if their visas or passports have expired,” Geneva said. UNHCR Director of International Protection, Elizabeth Tan.

that’s how he said it talks are being held with the governments of Sudan’s neighboring countries to keep their borders open and that the authorities ensure that this will be done.

In the first three weeks of the conflict, 113,000 Sudanese left the countrywith the majority arriving in Chad -mainly from Darfur- or trying to enter Egypt, mostly coming from Khartoum.