US EditionSouth Sudan Conflict: MSF Says Staff Missing After Air Strikes Hit Hospital in Jonglei
MSF evacuated the hospital before the government airstrike destroyed supplies and left 250,000 people in Jonglei state without healthcare, with a facility looted the same day.
- On Tuesday, Médecins Sans Frontières said its hospital in Lankien, Jonglei state, was hit in an airstrike by government of South Sudan forces overnight, destroying the main warehouse and causing minor injuries to one MSF staff member.
- Following warnings, MSF evacuated and discharged patients hours before the attack, after sharing GPS coordinates and amid humanitarian access restrictions in opposition-held parts of Jonglei since December.
- In the afternoon, MSF reported its Pieri centre was looted by unknown assailants, rendering it unusable as colleagues from Lankien and Pieri fled with local communities.
- MSF said it will 'make the necessary decisions to protect the safety of our staff and healthcare facilities' after being targeted; eight targeted attacks in 2025 led to closures and suspended activities in Jonglei, Upper Nile and Central Equatoria.
- The repeated pattern of targeted attacks, including eight incidents in 2025, has endangered MSF's operations across seven states and two administrative areas, despite providing over 830,000 consultations and screening 107,000 children.
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South Sudan hospital hit by government airstrike, MSF says
Humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders said one of its hospitals in South Sudan was hit by an airstrike carried out by government forces. The incident, on Tuesday night, marks the 10th attack in 12 months on a medical facility in the country run by the group, which is also known as Médecins Sans Frontières, or MSF. The hospital is located in Lankien, a town in the state of Jonglei, where opposition-held areas have been at the centre of renew…
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South Sudan hospital hit by government airstrike, Doctors Without Borders says
Doctors Without Borders said one of its hospitals in South Sudan was hit by an airstrike. The medical group said the strike was carried out by government forces on Tuesday night, marking the 10th attack on its facilities in the country in the past 12 months.
The Straits Times
BizTocMSF says airstrike hit its hospital in South Sudan's Jonglei state
NAIROBI, Feb 4 - Médecins Sans Frontières said its hospital in South Sudan's Jonglei state, where it serves more than 200,000 people, was hit by an airstrike on Tuesday night, destroying the hospital's main warehouse and most of its critical medical supplies. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Radio France Internationale
MSF says its hospital in South Sudan hit by government air strike
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