On the surface, not really. Darfur is a part of the Republic of Sudan, not South Sudan, and so is not involved in South Sudan's conflict. But the Darfur conflict that killed so many civilians in the mid-2000s, and which the United States labeled a genocide, is not totally separate from what's happening in South Sudan.
The average cost of raising a child born in 2013 up until age 18 for a middle-income family in the U.S. is approximately $245,340 (or $304,480, adjusted for projected inflation), according to the latest annual Cost of Raising A Child report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
For a rough estimate of how much it costs to raise a child to adulthood, we have a new study from BMO Harris. The bank found that each child cost (on average) $795 per month, although some surveyed said that the number was closer to more than $2,000 a month. Of course, nobody really figures on child raising to be so expensive. And it largely depends upon where you live.