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Children exposed to ‘horrific violence’ in Sudan’s civil war, UNICEF says

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Aid groups say tens of thousands of people have fled violence in el-Fasher, a city in the Darfur region of Sudan, which is in the midst of a yearslong civil war. This follows an official declaration that famine is spreading through the northeastern African nation. John Yang speaks with Sheldon Yett, UNICEF’s representative in Sudan, for more. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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In Sudan, aid groups say tens of thousands of people have fled the violence of the city

0:05.2

of El Fasheir in the Darfur region of the Northeastern African nation, which is in the

0:09.6

midst of a more than two-year civil war.

0:12.7

In makeshift camps, they were counted what they saw this past week when a paramilitary force

0:17.5

captured the city and killed hundreds of people.

0:25.0

50 or 60 people in a single street or 10 or 20 people.

0:27.0

They killed them, bang, bang, bang.

0:30.3

Then they would go to the next street and again, bang, bang, bang,

0:32.6

that's the massacre I saw in front of me.

0:36.7

This follows an official declaration that famine is spreading through Sudan.

0:41.3

Earlier I spoke with Sheldin-Yet, the UNICEF representative in Sudan. I just came back from towns on the outskirts of Al-Fashire, nearby towns.

0:47.3

I talked to women who had walked for days and days and days.

0:51.3

This was just before the huge explosion of violence on October 26.

0:57.0

They talked about not knowing where their husbands were, not knowing where their sons were.

1:01.0

They talked about having to eat animal feed, having nothing. And of course, it was a city

1:06.0

that had been under siege for some 600 days. I had more than one of the individuals that I was speaking to would just break down in tears

1:14.6

because they had no idea what had happened.

1:16.6

What happened to their children?

1:17.6

What happened to the rest of their family?

1:19.6

They had no idea what would happen to them next.

1:22.6

There's this level of anxiety of fear of knowing that they've been displaced once and fearing that we

1:29.8

displaced yet again as this conflict continues to expand. And tell us what UNICEF is doing on the ground

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