A drone attack on one of the last functioning hospitals in El-Fasher, Sudan's Darfur region, killed 30 people and injured dozens. The bombing of the Saudi Hospital on Friday evening destroyed the building where emergency cases were treated. The attack highlights the escalating violence in Darfur, where the Sudanese army has been at war with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces since April 2023. The war has crippled health care across the country, with up to 80 percent of facilities out of service. Famine has also taken hold in several displacement camps near El-Fasher, with the risk of it expanding to the city itself by May.
Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy visits the Border Bridge in Adre, the border crossing between Chad and Sudan where thousands of refugees have been crossing into Chad fleeing South Sudan , in Adre, on January 24, 2025. The Foreign Secretary is on a three day visit to the region to see how aid agencies are dealing with the humanitarian crisis . - Stefan Rousseau / POOL / AFP
The bombing of the Saudi Hospital on Friday evening “led to the destruction” of the hospital’s building where emergency cases were treated, the source told AFP, requesting anonymity for fear of retaliation.Since April 2023, the Sudanese army has been at war with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, who have seized nearly the entire vast western region of Darfur.
Across the country, up to 80 percent of health care facilities have been forced out of service, according to official figures.
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