Siddig Frini, the general manager of Khartoum state’s ministry of social development, became visibly emotional during his interview with Asharq Al-Awsat as he described the distressing conditions endured by 340 children, ranging in age from one day to four years, at the Mygoma Orphanage. Heartbreakingly, newborns have met untimely deaths as a result of power outages and the catastrophic impact of war in Sudan.