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A war-damaged building in Salha, south of Omdurman, two days after the Sudanese army recaptured it from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), on May 22, 2025. [AFP]
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Tuesday it was forced to shut a hospital in South Sudan after violent looting, leaving a remote and conflict-plagued county without a major health facility.
MSF said its hospital in Ulang, Upper Nile State, was "completely destroyed" after armed individuals stormed the facility in April, threatened staff and looted medicine worth $150,000.
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