<div><b>More than 12,000 people have been killed in war-torn Sudan since April, the UN humanitarian affairs office said on Thursday.</b></div><div><br></div><div>The deaths include "1,300 people who were killed between 28 October and 24 November," the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement.</div><div><br></div><div>The conflict has caused an estimated 6.6 million Sudanese to flee their homes, with children representing about half of the displaced people in the country, the UN office said.</div><div><br></div><div>"Sudan is now the country with the largest number of displaced people and the largest child displacement crisis in the world,” it added.</div><div><br></div><div>Sudan has been mired by fighting between the army, led by Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of the country’s ruling Sovereign Council, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces since April.</div><div><br></div><div>Several cease-fire agreements brokered by Saudi and US mediators have failed to end the violence. - Anadolu Agency&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>