{"id":4794,"date":"2026-02-16T12:44:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T12:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/home\/sudan-drone-attack-hits-hospital-killing-civilians"},"modified":"2026-02-16T14:36:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T14:36:59","slug":"sudan-drone-attack-hits-hospital-killing-civilians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/policy\/sudan-drone-attack-hits-hospital-killing-civilians","title":{"rendered":"Sudan: Drone Attack Hits Hospital, Killing Civilians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press. <\/strong> <\/span>The \u201cSudanese Doctors\u201d network reported early Monday that a drone strike carried out by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) killed and injured several people at Al-Mazmoum Hospital in Sennar State, southeast Sudan, late Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the medical group said that \u201can RSF drone targeted the hospital on Sunday evening, resulting in the death of three people and the injury of seven others, including a healthcare worker.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The group added that \u201ctargeting health facilities is a blatant violation of international laws that prohibit attacks on medical centers and health workers,\u201d noting that \u201csuch incidents increase civilians\u2019 suffering and deprive residents of access to medical care.\u201d It held the RSF leadership \u201cfully responsible\u201d for the attack on the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Sudanese authorities and human rights organizations have accused the RSF of targeting civilian facilities, while the RSF has not responded to these allegations.<\/p>\n<p>On February 10, the World Health Organization warned that \u201cSudan\u2019s health system is under attack once again\u201d after three health facilities were targeted in South Kordofan State during the first week of the month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Africa<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press. The \u201cSudanese Doctors\u201d network reported early Monday that a drone strike carried out by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) killed and injured several people at Al-Mazmoum Hospital in Sennar State, southeast Sudan, late Sunday night. In a statement, the medical group said that \u201can RSF drone targeted the hospital on Sunday evening, resulting in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":4792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[120],"class_list":{"0":"post-4794","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-policy","8":"tag-africa"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sudan: Drone Attack Hits Hospital, Killing Civilians - Africa Press English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"-article-header-tag&quot;&gt; Africa-Press. 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