UNICEF calls for urgent action for 5 mln displaced children in Sudan

UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday called for urgent action to safeguard 5 million children displaced by conflict in Sudan, where famine has been declared in parts of Darfur and Kordofan regions. UNICEF estimates that 10 million people have been displaced in Sudan -- half of them children, marking the highest level of child displacement in the world. The agency said children trapped...