Darfur conflict: More than a dozen children killed, UNICEF says [Video]

CAIRO –

Fighting between the Sudanese military and its rival paramilitary in Sudan ‘s North Darfur killed at least 13 children and injured four others, UNICEF said.

The children were between 6 and 17 years old, the UN agency said in a statement on Sunday.

The Sudanese army on Friday launched airstrikes that targeted a market in the town of Al Kuma, around 70 kilometres (43 miles) east of the North Darfur capital of El Fasher, the local Daily Sudan Post reported.

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The airstrikes, which also hit the city of Mellit, killed at least 45 people and injured dozens of others, according to the Sudan Tribune news portal and the Central Observatory for Human Rights.

Hamrat al-Sheikh in North Kordofan was also struck, according to Mohammed H. al-Ta’ishi, a former member of the Sovereignty Council of …