Sudan war leaves 700,000 children facing life-threatening malnutrition

STORY: Sudan war leaves 700,000 children facing life-threatening malnutrition SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 10, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 11, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:50 LOCATION: DARFUR, Sudan CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Hamadia Internally Displaced Person's Camp 2. SOUNDBITE (English): MALAZ AHMED, Displaced child STORYLINE: UN humanitarians on Friday highlighted a harrowing statistic: 700,000 children in Sudan are now facing the most severe form of malnutrition due to the ongoing conflict. James Elder, a spokesperson for the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), described the situation in Sudan as "the world's largest displacement of children," with 4 million children displaced. "That's 13,000 children every single day for 300 days," Elder said. SOUNDBITE (English): MALAZ AHMED, Displaced child "The war began in our area. Big sounds of shots, and then, they have more people. They were killed there (Genenia), and my neighbor was there. I couldn't go to my home, to (meet) with my grandmother and my aunt (who were) there