Sudan's army has denied it carried out a deadly attack on a major hospital on Friday night in a city in the west of the country held by its rivals, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said that 64 people - including 13 children, two nurses, and a doctor - had died in the strike on el-Daein Teaching Hospital, and 89 others had been wounded.
Enough blood has been spilled, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus posted on X, urging the warring parties to end the conflict, which started nearly three years ago. The RSF claimed that an army drone hit the hospital in el-Daein, the capital of East Darfur state, on the day Muslims were marking the festival of Eid.
Sudan was plunged into a civil war in April 2023 when a vicious struggle for power broke out between the military and the RSF, who had once been allies after coming to power in a coup in 2021. More than 150,000 people have died in the conflict, and around 12 million have fled their homes - nearly a third of the country's population - in what the United Nations has called the world's largest humanitarian crisis.
Dr. Tedros, who stated the hospital was no longer able to function following Friday night's attack, condemned the frequent targeting of medical facilities. He reported that over the nearly three-year conflict, 2,036 people had been killed in 213 attacks on healthcare. The local rights organization has demanded an independent investigation into the attack, highlighting the dire need for the protection of civilians and healthcare workers.
Enough blood has been spilled, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus posted on X, urging the warring parties to end the conflict, which started nearly three years ago. The RSF claimed that an army drone hit the hospital in el-Daein, the capital of East Darfur state, on the day Muslims were marking the festival of Eid.
Sudan was plunged into a civil war in April 2023 when a vicious struggle for power broke out between the military and the RSF, who had once been allies after coming to power in a coup in 2021. More than 150,000 people have died in the conflict, and around 12 million have fled their homes - nearly a third of the country's population - in what the United Nations has called the world's largest humanitarian crisis.
Dr. Tedros, who stated the hospital was no longer able to function following Friday night's attack, condemned the frequent targeting of medical facilities. He reported that over the nearly three-year conflict, 2,036 people had been killed in 213 attacks on healthcare. The local rights organization has demanded an independent investigation into the attack, highlighting the dire need for the protection of civilians and healthcare workers.
