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Three deadly attacks on health centres in Sudan

Published: 03:02 PM,Feb 08,2026 | EDITED : 07:02 PM,Feb 08,2026

Displaced Sudanese gather near a food distribution point at the Abu al-Naga displacement camp in the Gedaref State, some 420km east of the capital Khartoum on February 6, 2026. Famine is spreading in Sudan's western Darfur region, UN-backed experts warned on February 5, as a grinding war between the army and paramilitary forces has left millions hungry, displaced and cut off from aid. Since April 2023, the conflict between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has killed tens of thousands, displaced 11 million and triggered what the United Nations calls one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. (Photo by AFP)
 
Displaced Sudanese gather near a food distribution point at the Abu al-Naga displacement camp in the Gedaref State, some 420km east of the capital Khartoum on February 6, 2026. Famine is spreading in Sudan's western Darfur region, UN-backed experts warned on February 5, as a grinding war between the army and paramilitary forces has left millions hungry, displaced and cut off from aid. Since April 2023, the conflict between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has killed tens of thousands, displaced 11 million and triggered what the United Nations calls one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. (Photo by AFP)

GENEVA: Sudan's South Kordofan region has seen attacks on three health facilities in the past week alone, leaving more than 30 dead, the World Health Organziation said on Sunday. 'Sudan's health system is under attack again,' WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned on X. The Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have been at war since April 2023, with the conflict killing tens of thousands of people, displacing millions more and triggering one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.


In the central Sudanese region of Kordofan, where fighting is now concentrated, Tedros said the health system had faced numerous attacks. 'This week alone, three health facilities were attacked in South Kordofan, in a region already suffering acute malnutrition,' he said. He said an attack on a primary health centre killed eight people — five children and three women — and injured 11. Then a day later, 'a hospital was attacked killing one person', he said.
And 'on February 5, another attack on a hospital killed 22 people - including 4 health workers - and injured 8', the WHO chief said. 'The whole world should get behind Sudan's peace initiative to end violence, protect the people and rebuild the health system,' he insisted. 'The best medicine is peace.' — AFP