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Sudan's children endure hunger as rival generals battle for power

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People fleeing the town of Singa, the capital of Sudan's southeastern Sennar state, receive meals distributed by an NGO as they rest in a makeshift camp after arriving in Gedaref in the east of the war-torn country on July 2, 2024. [AFP]

It is just over one year since the North African nation of Sudan unravelled in a civil war that has largely been ignored by the world, overshadowed by the conflicts between Ukraine and Russia and that of Israel and Palestine.

Whilst many international commentators have described the situation in Sudan as 'The Forgotten War', the strife has gained the infamy of having led to the highest number of displaced persons in 2023.

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