Civilian hospital bombed

Sudanese aircraft yesterday bombed a civilian hospital in Kajo Keji, Western Equatoria. Three of the five bombs dropped hit the hospital compound in which MSF works, completely destroying the immunisation block and causing extensive damage to the surgical theatre and outpatient department, an MSF statement said. There were no casualties. “MSF questions whether this is a deliberate policy of the government of Sudan to target civilian populations and hospitals,” MSF’s head of mission in southern Sudan, Etorre Larici said in the statement. He added the bombing would have a “huge impact” on the local population. “Many displaced people and refugees have been returning to Kajo Keji county primarily because of the medical services available.”