Children evacuated from orphanage where dozens died in Sudan's capital

A woman feeds a child as International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) evacuates children and caretakers from the Mygoma Orphanage in Khartoum, in Wad Madani, Sudan, in this handout image released on June 7, 2023. ICRC/Handout via REUTERS

CAIRO (Reuters) - About 300 children have been evacuated from an orphanage in Sudan's capital Khartoum where dozens of orphans were found last month to have died since mid-April due to nearby fighting between rival military factions.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which facilitated the evacuation late on Wednesday, said the children aged between 1 and 15 had been taken to a safer location in Wad Madani, about 200 kilometres (125 miles) southeast of Khartoum.