MSF: 10 killed in western Sudan drone attacks
Two helicopter gunships bomb an MSF pharmacy, destroying vital medical supplies for Old Fangak Hospital, Sudan, May 2025. (MSF via Reuters)
Deadly drone attacks near Sudan’s western border with Chad have added to the mounting humanitarian toll of the country’s civil war, according to Middle East Monitor via Anadolu Agency on February 7th.
At least 10 people were killed and 25 others wounded in two drone attacks in western Sudan close to the Chadian border, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on February 6th. The strikes prompted an urgent medical response as casualties were transferred across the border into eastern Chad for treatment.
MSF said 29 injured people were taken to a hospital it supports in the Tina area of eastern Chad following the attacks. The medical charity did not identify who carried out the strikes. According to MSF, six people were killed instantly, while four others later died from extreme injuries.
An MSF staff member in Tina described the conditions at the hospital as dire. The staff member said the circumstances at the hospital were “extremely critical,” adding that patients had been arriving with heavy bleeding and critical wounds. “We are doing everything possible to stabilise them, but the hospital lacks the capacity to treat critical cases,” the staff member added.
The organisation said its teams are attempting to meet increasing medical demands among Sudanese refugees living along the Sudan-Chad border, particularly in the Tina and Oure Cassoni areas. Around 4,000 refugees are currently sheltering in Tina under harsh conditions, while over 100,000 have been living in Oure Cassoni since early last year.
Sudan remains deeply divided by the ongoing conflict between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group. Of the country’s 18 states, the RSF controls all five in the western Darfur region, with the exception of some northern parts of North Darfur that remain under army control. The army, meanwhile, holds most areas across the remaining 13 states in the south, north, east and centre, including the capital, Khartoum.
The war, which erupted in April 2023, has killed thousands of people and displaced millions, triggering one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
Middle East Monitor via Anadolu Agency, Maghrebi.org
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