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Feature: Children, greatest victims of Sudan's war tragedy

South Sudanese displaced by conflict in Sudan are seen at the reception center in Renk County, Upper Nile State, South Sudan, on April 30, 2023. [Xinhua]

Having lost numerous family members over the past year due to the devastating conflict in Sudan, Muaz Noureddine, a 15-year-old boy living in the capital Khartoum, is one of the many children suffering the most from the war tragedy.

"I was buying food at a market when a violent shelling hit our house," Noureddine said with teary eyes while recalling the accident that killed his loved ones last September. "When I rushed towards the site of the explosion, I saw, through thick dust, my mother coming out from the house, screaming," the teenager said miserably.

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