WHO states Attacks on health care in Sudan are becoming deadlier
Since the outbreak of conflict in April 2023, WHO has verified 201 attacks on health facilities across Sudan, resulting in 1,858 deaths and 490 injuries. In 2025 alone, 65 attacks were recorded, causing over 1,620 deaths and 276 injuries. According to WHO, these fatalities account for more than 80% of deaths from attacks on health care verified globally in complex humanitarian emergencies this year.
Shible Sahbani, WHO representative and head of mission in Sudan, stressed that health workers continue to provide care with “exceptional courage and dedication” despite extreme conditions, adding that they require protection “not bombardment or detention.”
The latest incident occurred on December 14 in Dalanj, a key administrative and health hub in South Kordofan state, where an attack on a hospital killed nine health workers and injured 17 others. Earlier in the month, a kindergarten and Kalogi Rural Hospital were struck in the same state, killing 114 people—including at least 60 children—and injuring 35. Health staff were actively treating casualties when the hospital was hit, prompting evacuations to Abu Jebaiha Hospital amid ongoing fire.
In Darfur, continued violence is disrupting health services. In Nyala, South Darfur, at least 70 health workers and roughly 5,000 civilians have been detained in recent months. In October 2025, multiple attacks targeted facilities in El-Fasher, including a maternity hospital strike that killed over 460 patients, family members, and other civilians, followed by the abduction of six health workers in November.
WHO called for an immediate halt to attacks on civilians, health personnel, and medical facilities, urging all parties to ensure safe, rapid, and unimpeded humanitarian access in line with international law. The agency stressed that peace is “long overdue” for the people of Sudan.
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