Roundup: Over 90 pct of Sudanese school-age children deprived of formal education due to conflict: UNICEF


By [e]ktm

KHARTOUM, April 16 (Xinhua) -- The year-long conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has resulted in the disruption of formal education for more than 90 percent of the country's 19 million school-age children, according to the latest estimates from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

"Sudan now has one of the worst education crises in the world," UNICEF said in its latest report on Sunday. "The ongoing disruption to education will result in a generational crisis for Sudan."

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