At least 12 children reportedly killed in separate incidents in West Kordofan and Khartoum, Sudan [EN/AR]

Country: Sudan Source: UN Children's Fund Please refer to the attached file. KHARTOUM, 20 October 2026 – At least 12 children, some as young as two, were reportedly killed in two separate incidents in Sudan's West Kordofan and Khartoum states in recent days. On Saturday, 17 October, at least nine children – five boys and four girls, aged between five and ten – were killed in an attack on a camp for displaced families east of Sanakit, in West Kordofan State. Two days later, on Monday, 19 October,