Humanitarian organizations are raising urgent concerns over widespread attacks on healthcare facilities in Sudan, as war-induced suffering deepens.
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) reports that 70% of Sudan’s medical infrastructure is now non-functional or barely operational amid relentless violence.
Sudan’s civil war, ignited in April 2023 between the General Abdel Fattah al Burhan’s army and Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has killed 40,000 and displaced nearly 13 million people.
A collapsed health system and surging cholera outbreaks have left millions vulnerable to disease, hunger, and untreated injuries.
In a report titled Besieged, Attacked, Starved, MSF details systematic assaults on clinics, warning that accessing medical care has become nearly impossible.
“These attacks must stop,” said Michel-Olivier Lacharité, MSF’s emergency operations head, urging an immediate humanitarian response and protection for civilians.
Save the Children echoed MSF’s warning, reporting 933 civilians killed in hospitals in early 2025 — a 60-fold increase from the prior year.
The dead include children and caregivers struck while seeking treatment in the few remaining operational health facilities.
Hospitals, ambulances, and clinics have been hit repeatedly, especially in areas where no alternative healthcare exists.
In North Darfur’s El Fasher, home to over a million people, only one hospital offering surgeries remains partially active.
MSF says patients and caretakers have died inside its supported facilities amid ongoing attacks in El Fasher’s displacement camps.
“They must act now to prevent further atrocities,” said MSF Secretary General Christopher Lockyear, urging decisive international intervention.
