Sudan: “Appalling” hospital attack kills more than 40 people, WHO confirms

More than 40 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in an air attack on a hospital in Sudan, where civil war has raged for two years. The dead included six children and five health workers.

Al Mujlad Hospital, which lies close to the frontline in West Kordofan province, was struck on 21 June. The Sudan Doctors Network blamed the Sudanese armed forces for the attack, saying that fighters from the opposing Rapid Support Forces had occupied part of the hospital shortly before it was hit. Some reports attributed the attack …