August 23, 2024 (PORT SUDAN) – Nearly 500 unaccompanied and separated children have arrived in Blue Nile and Gedaref states after fleeing heavy fighting that forced more people to flee for safety, an aid agency said. Save the Children, citing the fighters provided by the International Organization for Migration Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) said said escalation in violence in Sennar’s state capital Sinja on 29 June triggered widespread fighting which has displaced about 725,000 people, over half estimated to be children. “Families are fleeing to Blue Nile and Gedaref states with rising numbers of children arriving without their parents,” Save the Children said in a statement. Many of these families are reportedly being displaced for the second and third time, having sought refuge in Sinja in Sennar state after fleeing Khartoum and Gazira states earlier in the conflict. In the statement, Save the Children said it’s child protection teams in Blue Nile and Gedaref states recorded at least 451 children between June 29 and August 14 forced to make the perilous journey to safety without their parents, the highest number they have recorded in such a short period since the conflict started in mid April last year. According to the …

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