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South Sudanese displaced by conflict in Sudan are seen at the reception center in Renk County, Upper Nile State, South Sudan, on April 30, 2023. [Xinhua]
Having lost numerous family members over the past year due to the devastating conflict in Sudan, Muaz Noureddine, a 15-year-old boy living in the capital Khartoum, is one of the many children suffering the most from the war tragedy.
"I was buying food at a market when a violent shelling hit our house," Noureddine said with teary eyes while recalling the accident that killed his loved ones last September. "When I rushed towards the site of the explosion, I saw, through thick dust, my mother coming out from the house, screaming," the teenager said miserably.
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