Sudan violence: The horrifying statistics behind the brutal conflict - and still the death toll is unknown

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As the ticker of horrifying statistics from Sudan steadily updates, there is one measure of brutality that remains as elusive as the loss it quantifies - the death toll.

The statistics of Sudan's year of war are staggering. It is the largest displaced population in the world and the largest population of displaced children in the world. According to United Nations agencies...• More than 8.6 million people have been forced out of their homes• 25 million are in dire need of humanitarian assistance• 18 million are facing severe hunger, five million of them are at emergency levels• 3.

' Duaa recounts the entire neighbourhood showing up to Omnia's burial - risking their lives to honour her and ensure she was laid to rest as bombs fell around them. 'Her name was Omnia Tajeldeen al Sadig Mohamed. Always smiling and super positive, so curious about the world,' says Duaa. 'She was nine years old and would have been 10 if she lived today.' For Jumana's grieving family, the death toll is inconceivably low.

 

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