70 people killed in a drone attack on a Darfur-Nord hospital

Since April 2023, the country of East Africa has been plagued by a brutal war between the army and paramilitaries.

In the aftermath of the drone attack which targeted the Saudi hospital in El-Facher, in western Sudan, the World Health Organization (WHO) communicates a very heavy assessment. This “A terrible attack” made 70 dead and 19 injured “Among the patients and those who accompanied them”, WHO Director of WHO said on Sunday January 26, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in a message published on X. “During the attack, the hospital was full of patients receiving care”he added, recalling that access to health care in El-Facher “is already severely limited”most installations being closed due to intense fighting.

Since April 2023, Sudan has been plagued by a brutal war between the army and the paramilitaries of the rapid support forces (FSR). The latter control many sectors of the country, including almost all of the vast western region of Darfur.

Since May 2024, the FSR has been bending the city of El-Facher, a metropolis of two million inhabitants, capital of the Darfur-Nord State. However, the Saudi hospital is “The only functional hospital in El-Facher”said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. According to him, the establishment “Provides services such as gynecology-obstetrics, internal medicine, surgery and pediatrics, as well as a nutrition center”.

In addition, the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs sentenced the hospital attack in a statement. Calling “Protection of medical and humanitarian workers”, He denounced a “Violation of international humanitarian law”.