At least 330 children were killed or injured in Sudan across the opening half of 2026, the UN Children's Fund reported on Monday.
UNICEF said the war in Sudan has grown increasingly deadly, with lethal drone attacks forming a prominent feature of the escalating conflict. Children, the agency said, are bearing the brunt of the violence.
The 330 figure covers casualties recorded from January through June of 2026. United Nations News, which carried the findings, said UNICEF framed the toll as part of a pattern of worsening harm to the youngest victims of the conflict.
Sudan's war has intensified in ways that put children at particular risk, UNICEF said. Drone attacks, the agency noted, have become a defining and deadly element of the fighting. The agency did not specify in its findings how many of the 330 children were killed versus injured, but the combined toll points to a conflict in which children face grave danger on a consistent basis.
UNICEF released the report on a Monday, drawing attention to what it described as an increasingly dire situation for children caught in the war.