Hundreds of trapped children saved from orphanage where 71 died – Unicef

About 300 infants, toddlers and older children have been rescued from an orphanage in Sudan’s capital after being trapped there while fighting raged outside, aid officials said (Nazim Sirag/AP)

Around 300 infants, toddlers and older children have been rescued from an orphanage in Sudan’s capital after being trapped there while fighting raged outside, aid officials said.

Some 71 children have died from hunger and illness at the facility since mid-April.