Sudan, Darfur

Airstrike kills at least 70 seeking care at last functioning hospital in North Darfur capital as Sudan’s civil war rages
At least 70 people were killed after a drone strike targeted the last functioning hospital in the besieged capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state late Friday, according to local officials and the World Health Organization.
Drone attack on hospital in Sudan’s Darfur kills at least 70, says WHO chief
Drone attack on hospital in Sudan’s Darfur kills at least 70, says WHO chief - Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says it was ‘the only functional hospital in El Fasher’
Some 70 people killed in attack on hospital in Sudan's Darfur region, WHO chief says
Reported attack follows RSF warning In the Saudi hospital attack in El Fasher, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom ... Sudan’s people need peace. The best medicine is peace.” Ghebreyesus ...
At least 4 children reportedly killed, 3 injured in Saudi Hospital attack in Sudan: UNICEF
Following the attack on Saudi Teaching Maternal Hospital in El Fasher, Sudan, which resulted in 70 deaths and 19 injuries, UNICEF on Tuesday said that at least one girl and three boys were reportedly killed and three boys injured.
WHO chief urges end to attacks on Sudan healthcare after 70 killed in drone strike
The head of the World Health Organization called on Saturday for an end to attacks on healthcare workers and facilities in Sudan after a drone attack on a hospital in Sudan's North Darfur region killed more than 70 people and wounded dozens.
WHO chief urges end to attacks on Sudan health services
Attacks on health workers and facilities in Sudan must stop, the World Health Organization says, after 70 people were killed in a drone strike on a hospital.
More than 70 killed in drone attack at hospital in western Sudan
Seventy patients and companions died in a drone strike on one of the last functioning hospitals in western Sudan's Darfur, the region's governor said.
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WHO announces first confirmed death from Sudan Virus disease (Ebola)WHO announces first confirmed death from Sudan Virus disease (Ebola)
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday announced the first confirmed death from Sudan virus disease (same family as Ebola Virus) in Uganda involving a 32-year-old nurse. According to its ...
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Attack on Saudi Hospital in Sudan leaves 70 dead, 19 injured: WHO chief
The World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus condemned the recent attack on the Saudi Teaching ...
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization, was accused in 2017 of downplaying cholera epidemics that hit Ethiopia and Sudan. A group of American doctors ...
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Hospital nurse in Uganda dies in country's first Ebola outbreak in 2 years
A Ugandan health official says a nurse in the capital, Kampala, has died of Ebola, in the first recorded fatality since the ...
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Global Health Under Siege: Key Developments and Controversies
This summary highlights major health news, including the WHO's call to end attacks on Sudanese healthcare, the CIA's new ...
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Sudan army chief visits HQ after recapture from paramilitaries
Sudan's army chief visited on Sunday his headquarters in the capital Khartoum, two days after forces recaptured the complex, ...
Second major Ebola outbreak declared this week as 9 killed and ‘deadly cousin’ virus with 90% mortality rate spreads
Ebola outbreak has been declared in Africa this week, with up to nine people already dead. Uganda reported an outbreak in the capital, Kampala, with the first case being a man who died on ...
Guinea has wiped out sleeping sickness – will the rest of Africa follow?
Sleeping sickness is no longer a health threat in Guinea, which may be a tipping point in the continent’s efforts to beat the ...