Dhaka, Nov. 23 -- Twenty-three children died from malnutrition-related causes within a month in Sudan's Kordofan region, a medical group said, highlighting the severe humanitarian collapse as fighting between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) intensifies.
The Sudan Doctors Network said the deaths occurred between October 20 and November 20 in the besieged city of Kadugli and the town of Dilling.
It blamed "severe acute malnutrition" and a chronic shortage of essential food and medical supplies, worsened by a blockade that has cut off aid to thousands of civilians.
Famine was officially declared in Kadugli earlier this month. RSF fighters have surrounded the area for months, trapping tens of thousands of residents as they attemp...