Viola Fletcher was just seven years old when she was forcibly displaced from her hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma, by an armed mob which destroyed the predominantly Black enclave of Greenwood, killing hundreds of residents.
26/08/2023
Sudan: ‘Lost Generation’ of Children amid War, Hunger, Disease
Human Wrongs Watch
(UN News)* — UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said on Friday [25 August 2023] that the spread of fighting and hunger in Sudan could destroy the country, as the future of a “lost generation” of children lies in the balance.
© WFP/Eloge Mbaihondoum | A Sudanese family take shelter at a refugee entry point close to the Chadian border with Sudan.
Mr. Griffiths said that the conflict spelled trauma for Sudan’s youth and cited “deeply disturbing” reports that some children were being used in the fighting.
He also warned that hundreds of thousands of children in the country were severely malnourished and “at imminent risk of death” if left untreated.
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