New Delhi, Nov. 21 -- As Sudan's civil war drags into its 951st day, Save the Children warns that indiscriminate use of explosive weapons in populated areas is causing unprecedented child casualties, highlighting a deepening humanitarian crisis.

Urban warfare has transformed Sudan's cities into lethal battle zones. The capital, Khartoum, and surrounding regions have seen repeated shelling and aerial strikes. The dense population means that civilian casualties are almost inevitable. Three in four child casualties in the world's deadliest conflicts are caused by explosive weapons, and children's smaller bodies make them particularly vulnerable to blast injuries, resulting in complex fractures, amputations, burns, and hearing loss. The psyc...