At least nine killed in drone attack on hospital in Sudan’s Darfur. sudan war news
Rapid Support Forces have been blamed for the attack on the last remaining hospital in al-Fashar city.
At least nine people have been killed and 20 others injured in a drone attack on a hospital in the city of Al-Fashar in Sudan’s North Darfur region.
The federal health ministry blamed the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for the attack on Friday. Authorities say the group fired four rocket-propelled grenades toward the city’s main health facility.
A resistance committee in al-Fashar involved in relief efforts said the attack targeted a Saudi hospital, forcing it to suspend medical services. This was the last open hospital in the city.
The Sudanese army and the RSF have been fighting in al-Fashar since 10 May. The city has been the center of humanitarian efforts in Darfur by the United Nations and other international aid agencies.
waves of conflict
Friday’s attack was the latest in a series of devastating attacks in the region this week.
On Monday, an airstrike killed more than 100 people — including women and children — at an open market in Kabbaya, a town in North Darfur, about 180 km (111 miles) from al-Fashar, according to the rights group. Emergency lawyer.
Human rights groups condemned the Sudanese military for the attack.
“The bombing of a market full of civilians is one of the clearest examples of a war crime,” said Tigre Chaguta, Amnesty International’s regional director for Eastern and Southern Africa.
On Tuesday the RSF also shelled the Zamzam displacement camp in North Darfur. Five people died in the attack, according to the Darfur General Coordination of Camps, a civil society group for displaced persons and refugees.
Civilian casualties have increased amid ongoing clashes across the country between the Sudanese army and the RSF.
On Tuesday, the RSF targeted an army-controlled area within the city of Omdurman in Khartoum – Sudan’s second most populous city – with heavy artillery fire.
State-backed Khartoum Governor Ahmed Othman Hamzah said at least 65 people were killed in the attack.
According to the United Nations, more than 16,000 people have been killed since the conflict began, another 10 million have been displaced and 25 million are in need of humanitarian assistance.
