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Sudan paramilitary RSF targets last operating hospital in Darfur

The armed group fired on and looted the last operating hospital in western Darfur, forcing it to close. The Rapid Support Forces paramilitary in Sudan has attacked the last operating hospital in the Darfur region, an international aid group said. Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, reported late on Sunday that the RSF had attacked the South Hospital in el-Fasher, the capital city of the North Darfur province, the previous day. 1/8⬇️ — MSF Sudan June 9, 2024 War erupted in Sudan in mid-April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary RSF, creating the world’s largest displacement crisis and killing at least 15,500 people, according to United Nations estimates. At the time of the attack on the city’s hospital, there were 10 patients and a reduced medical crew on duty, the Sudanese Ministry of Health having already begun evacuation procedures, MSF said.

Al Jazeera

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