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Sudan: Several killed in RSF strike on hospital – DW – 05/30/2025

Sudan: Several killed in RSF strike on hospital – DW – 05/30/2025

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The paramilitary group's drone attack on a hospital in the city of El-Obeid resulted in 6 people killed. According to the UN, the conflict in Sudan has created the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
A suspected drone attack in Sudan by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary hit a hospital, killing six people and wounding at least 12 in the city of El-Obeid.
An army source told the AFP news agency that the RSF attack targeted "residential areas of the city with heavy artillery," also adding the bombardment had also hit a second hospital in the city. Right groups, the Emergency Lawyers, blamed the attack on the RSF.
The hospital was out of service as a result of the attack.
El-Obeid is a city located some 360 kilometers southwest of capital Khartoum. It was besieged by the RSF for almost two years, before the country's army broke the siege in February.
The city has been under RSF bombardment ever since, due to it being key to the army's supply route to the west, where the only city under army control is El-Fasher.
Why Sudan's civil war is far from over
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Sudan war driving mass hunger, displacement
The paramilitary group and the Sudanese army have been clashing along the road between El-Obeid and El-Fasher in recent weeks.
The war between the two sides has killed thousands of people and uprooted 13 million since breaking in April 2023, as well as effectively splitting Sudan into two parts, with the army holding the center, east and north, while the RSF and their allies control nearly all of Darfur and parts of the south.
According to the United Nations (UN), the conflict in Sudan has created the world's biggest hunger and displacement crises. It pushed parts of the country into famine.
The war has been marked by atrocities including mass rape and ethnically motivated killings that amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, especially in the Darfur region, rights groups said.
Edited by: Zac Crellin

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