South Sudan: MSF Healthcare Facility Hit in an Airstrike in South Sudan

South Sudan: MSF Healthcare Facility Hit in an Airstrike in South Sudan

Juba - An Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) healthcare facility in the town of Pieri, Jonglei state, South Sudan, was hit during an airstrike on the morning of 3 December. After the facility was hit, and the gunship helicopter left, MSF teams found bullets that had hit the infrastructure within the facility. MSF teams also witnessed additional airstrikes in Lankien (around 60 kilometres away), where we also run healthcare facilities, although there…

Airstrikes hit South Sudan health facilities

from RAJI BASHIR in Khartoum, SudanSudan BureauKHARTOUM, (CAJ News) – AN airstrike that has hit a health facility of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is part of an alarming trend of attacks affecting medical facilities in South Sudan. A helicopter gunship perpetrated the attack on the facility in the town of Pieri, Jonglei state on Wednesday. Staff members and patients were unharmed and there were no reported casualties in …

South Sudan: Health Facility Hit in Airstrike as Violence Escalates in Jonglei

A healthcare facility run by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in South Sudan’s Jonglei State has

MSF Pieri facility in Jonglei hit in airstrike

A Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) healthcare facility in the town of Pieri, Jonglei state, South Sudan, was hit during an airstrike on the morning of 3 December, according to the medical charity organization After the facility was hit, and the gunship helicopter left, MSF teams found bullets that had hit the infrastructure within the facility. MSF teams also witnessed additional airstrikes in Lankien (around 60 kilometres away), where we also run…

Health facility struck by aerial bombardment in Uror - Radio Tamazuj

An airstrike has hit a healthcare facility run by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in South Sudan’s Jonglei State, the medical charity has said. The strike occurred in the town of Pieri on the morning of Wednesday, 3 December. Pieri payam in Uror County is in an area largely controlled by the opposition group SPLA-IO. In a statement extended to Radio Tamazuj on Thursday evening, MSF said its teams found bullets had struck infrastructure within the…

South Sudan: MSF healthcare facility hit during an airstrike | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...

On the morning of Dec. 3, a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) healthcare facility was hit during an airstrike in the town of Pieri, Jonglei state. After the gunship helicopter left, MSF teams found bullets that hit the facility. MSF teams witnessed additional airstrikes in Lankien, where MSF also runs healthcare facilities, but without direct damage to the infrastructure. In both locations, all MSF staff remain safe and ther…