Reuters [1] is reporting:

Sudanese government bombs have hit a primary school and a busy market place in Darfur, killing at least 13 people, including seven children, two aid organisations said on Monday.

A government Antonov plane bombed the village of Shegeg Karo in North Darfur on Sunday. If confirmed, it would be the deadliest bombing raid in Darfur in years.

"According to information gathered by the villagers of Shegeg Karo, the Antonov hovered for a long time and then bombed repeatedly," a joint statement from Darfur Diaries and the Darfur Peace and Development Organisation said.

"The Shegeg Karo school was hit and one classroom was destroyed. It was in session," it added. The youngest child to die was 5-year-old Yusuf Adam Hamid. It said two other children were seriously wounded and 30 more lightly wounded.

Read more about children just like the ones killed at Shegeg Karo school here [2].

Take action to help the surviving children rebuild their school by making a tax deductible donation here [3]. For the next week, 100% of online donations to Team Darfur will go directly to Darfur Peace and Development's Darfur Schools Project. (May 6-May 13).

And, write a postcard [4] to world leaders asking them to protect innocent children in Darfur.

Photograph of Darfur Peace and Development school in Northern Darfur.