Bombing and looting force MSF hospital to close in South Sudan

Bombing and looting force MSF hospital to close in South Sudan

Bombing and looting force MSF hospital to close in South Sudan This closure will harm people who already have limited access to health care. Kate Rankin April 29 2026, 12:55pm This closure brings to an end 31 years of continuous medical support to the community of Lankien, which already had extremely limited access to health care. Before its destruction, around 250,000 people relied on the hospital for lifesaving care. Communities in the regio…

MSF closes Lankien hospital, ending 31 years of care - Radio Tamazuj

Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said on Thursday it had permanently closed its hospital in Lankien, Jonglei State, after it was bombed earlier this year, ending more than three decades of medical services in a region with limited healthcare access. MSF said a bomb dropped from a plane struck a warehouse inside the hospital compound on Feb. 3, destroying critical medical supplies and forcing the organisation to halt all operations.…

MSF permanently closes Lankien Hospital in South Sudan after airstrike

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has permanently shut down Lankien Hospital in South Sudan following a bombing on 3 February 2026 that destroyed parts of the facility and triggered looting and vandalism, ending more than three decades of medical operations serving an estimated 250,000 people. The attack reportedly involved a bomb dropped from an aircraft onto a warehouse within the hospital compound. MSF says it cannot independently confirm which …