By Enyichukwu Enemanna
At least 40 people, including children and health care workers, have been killed in an attack on a hospital in Sudan at the weekend, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on Tuesday.
The attack on Saturday on the Al Mujlad Hospital took place in West Kordofan, near the front line between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), who have been fighting each other since an April 2023 conflict broke out.
The Director-General of WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, called for an end to attacks on health workers and infrastructure but did not mention who was responsible.
The WHO office in Sudan said that six children and five medics were killed in the attack, reporting extensive damage to the facility.
A human rights group, Emergency Lawyers, accused an army drone of being responsible for striking the hospital on Saturday, but put the death toll at nine in a statement released on Sunday.
