The WHO condemned yesterday the attack on a hospital and a kindergarten in the city of Kalogi, Sudan, on Thursday, in which 114 people were killed, including 63 children, and 35 were injured. The attack was carried out with drones in at least three waves, and many of the injured are reportedly parents who rushed to save their children.
The city of Kalogi is controlled by the country’s official army and is located in the South Kordofan region. North Kordofan, South Kordofan, and West Kordofan, areas between the capital Khartoum and Darfur, are at the center of the civil war that began in April 2023 between the official army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
Since 2023, more than 150,000 people have been killed and 12 million displaced, marking the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, according to the UN.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the medical organization Sudan Doctors’ Network blamed the RSF for the attack, with doctors describing it as a war crime.
Meanwhile, the RSF, which controls the entire Darfur region, announced that as of yesterday it also controls the country’s largest oil field near the southern border. The RSF described the capture of the Heglig oil field as a “decisive” moment, while military sources report that government forces withdrew to protect the oil facilities and prevent damage.
Source: BBC, The New York Times
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