ISTANBUL

The UN warned Wednesday that children in Sudan remain at grave risk as violence continues to be "unchecked" after at least 15 children were reportedly killed and 10 others wounded in a drone strike Monday on a displacement camp in Al Sunut in West Kordofan.

"Desperate families in Sudan seek shelter in displacement camps after fleeing hunger and violence. Their protection is an obligation,” said UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell in a statement.

"Across the Kordofan region, we are seeing the same disturbing patterns from Darfur – children killed, injured, displaced and cut off from the services they need to survive," she added.

UNICEF called on the Sudanese government and all parties to the conflict to protect civilians, particularly children, stop attacks on civilian infrastructure, including displacement sites, and ensure safe, sustained and unhindered humanitarian access as needs rapidly deepen.