13-26 May 2026

Attacks on Health Care

01-14 April 2026

Attacks on Health Care

24 June 2025: In Muglad city, West Kordofan state, the Al Mujlad Hospital was severely damaged by bombing from an unidentified group, killing over 40 people, including five health workers and six children. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) blamed the Sudanese army, while the army did not comment. The hospital is located on the front line where RSF and SAF have been fighting since April 2023. Sources:  BBC, Reuters, The Guardian. Return to Sudan home page.

May 2025

01 May 2025: In Al-Nahud city, West Kordofan state, an unspecified number of private pharmacies were vandalised and damaged during the RSF’s invasion of the area. Source: Al Sudani News I. Return to Sudan home page.

Around 29 April 2025: In Zamzam Refugee Camp, El Fasher city, North Darfur state, an MSF field hospital was looted and completely destroyed by RSF, who published videos from inside the hospital, claiming it housed combatants from the army-allied Joint Force and treated their wounded. The camp was seized by RSF on 12 April and caused mass displacement of residents. Sources: MSF, Sudan Tribune and Sudan War Updates. Return to Sudan home page.

13 April 2025: In Zamzam Refugee Camp, El Fasher city, North Darfur state, a kitchen run by Sudanese American Physicians Association (SAPA) was completely burned and destroyed by RSF shelling. SAPA consequently suspended all operations in the camp. Sources: Humanitarian Research Lab and Sudanese American Physicians Association. Return to Sudan home page.

24 January 2025: In El Fasher city, North Darfur state, the MSF-supported Saudi Obstetrics and Gynaecology Hospital, the only functional hospital in the city, was hit by a suspected RSF drone strike. Around 70 people were killed and 19 were injured amongst patients and companions. Sources: AP News, New Age I, New Age II, OCHA, SAPA, Sudan Violations and The New Arab. Return to Sudan home page.

January 2025

04 January 2025: In El Fasher city, North Darfur state, the MSF-supported Saudi Obstetrics and Gynaecology Hospital was hit by RSF shelling, killing two people and injuring two health workers. This is the 14th time the facility has been attacked since the conflict began. Amid the bombardments surrounding the hospital, an image made the rounds on social media of doctors performing a caesarean section using mobile phone torchlights as explosions continued near the facility. Sources: Dabanga Sudan, Sudan Doctors Network and Sudan Tribune. Return to Sudan home page.

30 December 2024: In Wad Rawah town, Al Jazirah state, a clinic, market and mosque were burnt down, medical equipment stolen and an unspecified number of pharmacies looted during an attack on the area by the RSF. Sources: Sudan Doctors Network and Sudan Tribune. Return to Sudan home page.

Between 14-15 September 2024: In Khartoum city and state, a South Sudanese doctor who operated a pharmacy was reportedly shot by the RSF. He died from his injuries on 16 September. Source: Personal Communication. Return to Sudan home page.

20 August 2024: In Ed Daein city, East Darfur state, 15 people were killed and at least 17 injured when the Ed Daein Teaching Hospital was hit by an SAF airstrike. Several wards were destroyed and the hospital was rendered out of service. Three newborns and a stroke patient were among those killed. Source: Sudan Tribune. Return to Sudan home page.

03 August 2024: In Kutum city, North Darfur state, a rural hospital was hit by three missiles fired by SAF warplanes, destroying a number of rooms. Source: Darfur 24. Return to Sudan home page.

01 August 2024: In El-Fasher city, North Darfur State, the MSF-supported Saudi Obstetrics and Gynaecology Hospital was hit by RSF shelling, killing three caregivers and injuring 25 others including IDPs who were sheltering in a nearby mosque. Sources: The Guardian and MSF. Return to Sudan home page.

12 July 2024: In Sennar state, a Sudanese male volunteer of the Sudanese Red Crescent Society was killed in the line of duty. Sources: Dabanga Sudan, IFRC and Jagan Chapagain. Return to Sudan home page.

06 July 2024: In Khartoum city and state, an anesthesiologist, his brother and his nephew were killed by the RSF. Source: Sudan War Updates. Return to Sudan home page.

23 June 2024: In El Fasher city, North Darfur State, a dialysis centre was destroyed during RSF artillery shelling, putting at least 94 patients at risk. Sources: DVS and Darfur 24. Return to Sudan home page.

08 June 2024: In El Fasher city, North Darfur state, the MSF-supported South Hospital was looted by RSF soldiers who opened fire inside the hospital and stole an ambulance. In response, the facility suspended services. Sources: MSF East Africa, News 24 and UN News. Return to Sudan home page.

26 May 2024: In El Fasher city, North Darfur state, a shell landed inside the MSF-supported South Hospital, injuring three people. Fragments from the blast broke the windows of the delivery and those of an ambulance. Three other shells landed outside the hospital. Source: MSF. Return to Sudan home page.

12 May 2024: In El Fasher city, North Darfur state, ambulances were prevented from transporting injured people from Abu Shouk Refugee Camp to El Fasher Southern Hospital, the only hospital still working in the city. Source: Radio Dabanga. Return to Sudan home page.

11 May 2024: In Abu Haraz area, an IFRC volunteer was shot by unidentified perpetrators while collecting humanitarian data with his team. The next day, he died. A second volunteer was beaten. Source: IFRC. Return to Sudan home page.

04 April 2024: In Um Dukhan village, Kereneik town, West Darfur state, an INGO doctor was kidnapped by suspected RSF members who demanded a ransom of 120 million SDG to release him. He was rescued on 09 April. Source: Radio Tamazuj. Return to Sudan home page.

28 March 2024: In Um Shalya and Mronei localities, an RSF-affiliated militia stormed a humanitarian distribution point, looting aid from IDPs and feeding it to cows. Source: Personal Communication. Return to Sudan home page.

14 March 2024: In Gezira state, an unspecified number of nurses were raped by armed RSF soldiers inside Al Hasahysa Hospital. Source: Personal Communication. Return to Sudan home page.

As reported on 04 March 2024: In Doha village, Al Jazirah state, a health worker was reportedly kidnapped by the RSF. Source: Mandara News. Return to Sudan home page.

23 February 2024: In Zalingei town, Central Darfur state, the MSF headquarters was stormed by a group of ten armed men at around 02:00 who robbed two Toyota Land Cruiser vehicles and phones belonging to MSF international staff. Source: Radio Tamazuj. Return to Sudan home page.

20 February 2024: In Ed Daein city, East Darfur state, a hospital, Neem IDP Camp and two water stations were damaged when the SAF reportedly dropped barrel bombs on the area. Source: Dabanga Sudan. Return to Sudan home page.

05 February 2024: In Tabat city, Al Jazirah state, Tabat Hospital was stormed by the RSF, who robbed staff and patients’ money at gunpoint and stole the hospital’s only vehicle.Sources: Sudan Violations and Sudan War Updates. Return to Sudan home page.

As reported on 25 January 2024: In Khartoum, the People’s Hospital (Al-Shaab Teaching Hospital) and Jafar Ibn Auf Specialised Hospital for Children were taken over by the SAF. Source: Sudan Violations. Return to Sudan home page.

As reported on 03 January 2024: In Al Hasahisa, Al Jazirah State, the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Hospital was looted and burnt down by the RSF. Source: Personal Communication. Return to Sudan home page.

30 December 2023: In Al Manaqil, Al Jazirah state, a male doctor was shot and killed by the RSF as they unloaded a bus and shot at the passengers. His body was thrown next to a canal. Sources: Sudan War Updates and Personal Communication. Return to Sudan home page.

14 December 2023: In the Abgota area, Al Jazirah state, the RSF entered a hospital during an armed incursion in the area where they closed access roads, looted the market and the agricultural bank. Source: Sudan War Updates . Return to Sudan home page.

03 October 2023: In the El Kalaklat neighbourhood, Khartoum, SAF troops stationed at El Amal Hospital confiscated all consumables. Source: Radio Dabanga. Return to Sudan home page.

As reported on 05 September 2023: In Nyala city, South Darfur state, an MSF-supported hospital was reportedly taken over by an unidentified armed group. Source: Al Jazeera . Return to Sudan home page.

14 August 2023: In Kadugli town, South Kordofan state, two humanitarian compounds were hit by stray bullets amid fighting between the SPLM-N Al Hilu faction and the SAF. Aid workers in Kadugli were advised to restrict their movement. Those outside of Kadugli were unable to reach the town. Insecurity along the Dilling-Kadugli route, as well road closures by the SPLM-N, have prevented the delivery of aid supplies. Sources: OCHA I and OCHA II. Return to Sudan home page.

As reported on 06 August 2023: In Khartoum, a doctor was arrested by the RSF. He was released after three days. Source: Sudan Post. Return to Sudan home page.

July 2023

Conflict, Food and Access

08 July 2023: In Nyala city, the Nyala Teaching Hospital resumed services to provide medical services to residents following two weeks of suspension. Source: Darfur 24. Return to Sudan home page.

24 June 2023: In Nyala city, South Darfur State, a shell fell on a hospital, injuring a health worker. Sources: Personal Communication and Sudan Uprising . Return to Sudan home page.

As reported on 23 June 2023: In Port Sudan city, Red Sea state, unidentified perpetrators blocked an MSF team from travelling to areas with greater medical needs. Source: MSF. Return to Sudan home page.

17 April 2023: In Khartoum, the Ibn Sina University Hospital was damaged during fighting between the SAF and RSF. Source: Personal Communication

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23-24 March 2023: In Tendelti area, West Darfur state, a medical assistant was killed and over 85 homes looted, burnt, and destroyed in a retaliatory attack by Arab nomads against members of the Mararit tribe.  Source: Radio Dabanga

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08 March 2023: In El Fasher city, North Darfur state, state authorities suspended the works of an LNGO providing support to victims of sexual violence, including IDPs. Source: Radio Dabanga

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27 January 2023: In Taronga area, Jebel Marra, Central Darfur state, a 20-year-old woman was raped by two armed men in military uniforms. The woman was collected firewood with two other women who managed to escape. Source: Dabanga Sudan

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06 December 2022: In El Nehoud locality, West Kordofan state, a group of masked men linked to ex-President Omar Al Bashir, armed with Kalashnikovs and sticks, stormed the El Nehoud Hospital, and severely beat a doctor in the Emergency Department. They also robbed staff and patients in wards. Source: Radio Dabanga

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09 November 2022: In Juguma locality, Central Darfur state, humanitarian organisations were forced to evacuate their staff from Juguma locality and to suspend operations in villages surrounding Bindisi town amidst insecurity caused by clashes involving the Messiria tribe and the Awlad Rashid clan of the Rizeigat tribe. The event limited the delivery of health, nutrition, water, sanitation, and hygiene services to about 30,000 people, including 8,000 IDPs. Source: Radio Dabanga

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18 October 2022: In Kutum town, North Darfur state, four armed herders on motorcycles blocked the route of displaced farmers travelling to Goz Aba village. An IDP was fatally shot, and another got wounded. On 19 November, following the arrest of one of the perpetrators, more gunmen on motorcycles attacked the village, where they killed another displaced farmer, and kidnapped another. Police failed to respond in a timely manner. Sources: Radio Dabanga I and Radio Dabanga II

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