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Paramilitary forces in Sudan kill at least 10 people in hospital drone attack, says medical group

The Hindu · · 520 words · By PTI
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“Sudan’s paramilitary forces killed at least 10 people on Thursday (April 2, 2026) in a drone attack that hit a hospital in the south-central part of the country, said a medical group.”
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All cited Wikipedia sources are unrelated to the drone attack claim (demographics, history, Port Sudan). No independent sources corroborate the specific event details.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The demographics of Sudan include the Sudanese people (Arabic: سودانيون) and their characteristics, Sudan, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health, economic status, religious …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Sudan
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The history of Sudan refers to the territory that today makes up Republic of the Sudan and the state of South Sudan, which became independent in 2011. The territory of Sudan is geographically part of …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Port Sudan (Arabic: بور سودان, romanized: Būr Sūdān, Beja: Bar'uut) is a major port city on the Red Sea in eastern Sudan, and the capital of Red Sea State. Port Sudan is Sudan's main seaport and the s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Sudan
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“Doctors Without Borders, also known as MSF, said the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched two drone strikes on Al-Jabalain Hospital in the White Nile province, hitting an operating theatre and a maternity ward.”
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Wikipedia's 2025 Sudanese civil war timeline is too vague to confirm specific attacks on Al-Jabalain Hospital or RSF drone strikes.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a timeline of the Sudanese civil war (2023–present) in 2025. This timeline is a dynamic and fluid list, and as such may never satisfy criteria of completeness. Moreover, some events m…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Sudanese_civil…
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“The strikes, the latest in an intensifying drone war between the army and the RSF, killed 10 people, including seven medical staffers, and injured at least 19 people.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 10 (ten) is the even natural number following 9 and preceding 11. Ten is the base of the decimal numeral system, the most common system of denoting numbers in both spoken and written language. The num…
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“Those injured were transferred to a hospital in Kosti, which is around 50 miles (80 kilometres) away, said MSF.”
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“The strikes are the latest in a series of attacks on the health care system in Sudan that continues to be hit hard during the ongoing war between the army and the RSF that broke out in April 2023.”
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“The World Health Organisation said in March that over 200 attacks have targeted health care since the war began.”
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“Most recently, 70 people were killed, including at least 13 children, in a strike on a hospital in Sudan’s western Darfur region last month.”
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“The nearly three-year conflict in Sudan killed more than 40,000 people, according to U.N. figures, but aid groups say the true number could be much higher.”
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“The attack is even more appalling as it occurred during a children's immunisation campaign,” the MSF said of the strike on the al-Jabalain hospital.”
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“Emergency Lawyers, a local rights group, said on Thursday (April 2, 2026) that the attacks also targeted a medical supply depot in Rabak, the capital city of the White Nile province.”
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“The Emergency Lawyers said the “recurring pattern” of drone attacks by the warring parties since March in the provinces of South Kordofan, Blue Nile, East, Central and South Darfur displaced more people.”
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“Khalid Aleisir, the minister of culture, information, antiquities and tourism, condemned the attack and called for designating the RSF a terrorist organisation and prosecuting its members.”
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“Sudan Doctors Network, a local group that monitors war violence, called the attack a “deliberate assault on health facilities and unarmed civilians” that further worsens an already deteriorating health sector in the country.”
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“MSF is outraged by these repeated attacks on health care, which have escalated dangerously in recent weeks,” said Esperanza Santos, MSF head of emergencies for Sudan, in the group’s statement on Thursday (April 2, 2026).”
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“A surge in drone strikes in the Sudanese region of Kordofan has taken a growing toll on civilians and hampered aid operations, analysts and humanitarian workers previously said.”
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