WHO says 70 killed in attack on western Sudan hospital

People protest calling upon the army-backed Sudanese government to extend the deadline to exchange Sudanese pound banknotes after authorities reportedly changed two of the notes in circulation, invalidating the old ones, in the northeastern Red Sea city of Port Sudan on December 31, 2024.[FILE.AFP]

An attack on the main hospital in El-Fasher, a besieged town in western Sudan, has killed 70 people and wounded 19 others, the World Health Organisation chief said on Sunday.

"The appalling attack on Saudi Hospital in El Fasher... led to 19 injuries and 70 deaths among patients and companions," WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a posting on X.