Drones behind two thirds of child casualties in Sudan: UN

GENEVA: Two thirds of all children killed or injured in war-ravaged Sudan this year have been victims of drone strikes, the United Nations said Tuesday.

A total of 410 children were killed or injured in the country between January and September this year, the UN children’s agency UNICEF said.

And two-thirds of those casualties, an estimated 270, were caused by armed drones, UNICEF spokesman James Elder told reporters in Geneva.

“They are bringing the war to places that were once safe,” he said, adding that people in Sudan “talk about three things: safety, education and water. Armed drones are taking all three.”