Over 40 people, including children, killed in Sudan hospital attack: WHO chief

More than 40 people, including children and healthcare workers, were killed in an attack on a hospital in Sudan over the weekend, the World Health Organization’s head announced on Tuesday.

The assault occurred on Saturday at Al Mujlad Hospital in West Kordofan, near the frontline between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, who have been engaged in conflict since April 2023.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus condemned attacks on healthcare facilities and called for them to stop, without naming those responsible.

The WHO office in Sudan reported that six children and five medical staff died in the attack, which caused severe damage to the hospital.

Human rights group Emergency Lawyers accused an army drone of striking the hospital on Saturday but reported a lower death toll of nine in a statement issued on Sunday.