Who attacked the Al Daein Teaching Hospital in Sudan?

The RSF blamed Sudan's military, the army denied responsibility. The Sudanese rights group Emergency Lawyers reported it was a military drone strike. Two military officials told the AP the strike was aimed at a nearby police station. Neither party has officially accepted responsibility.

How many people have been killed in Sudan's civil war?

The UN estimates more than 40,000 people have been killed since fighting began in April 2023, though the actual number is likely higher due to limited reporting from remote conflict areas. Between 8 and 10 million people have been displaced internally — the world's largest internal displacement crisis.

What is the state of Sudan's healthcare system during the war?

The WHO has verified that at least 80% of health facilities in conflict-affected areas are destroyed, looted, or closed. 2,036 people have been killed in 213 confirmed attacks on healthcare facilities since the war began, with 1,620 of those deaths occurring in 2025 alone.

Sudan Hospital Strike Kills 64, Including 13 …

A strike on Al Daein Teaching Hospital in East Darfur killed 64 people, including 13 children, on March 21. WHO chief Tedros says Sudan's healthcare death toll has passed 2,000.

The Al Daein Teaching Hospital is the largest medical facility in East Darfur, a region of roughly 600,000 people that has been contested between Sudan's military and the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group since fighting erupted across the country in April 2023. On Friday, March 21, the hospital was struck. At least 64 people were killed, including at least 13 children and one doctor and two nurses who were on duty. The pediatric, maternity, and emergency departments were destroyed. As of Monday, the hospital is nonfunctional.

The World Health Organization confirmed the toll Saturday. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus posted on X: "As a result of this tragedy, the total number of fatalities linked to attacks on health facilities during Sudan's war has now surpassed 2,000." He added a figure that deserves to be read twice: of the 2,036 people killed in 213 confirmed healthcare attacks since the war began, 1,620 died in 2025 alone. That is 82 percent of the entire war's healthcare-facility death toll concentrated in a single calendar year.

The RSF blamed Sudan's military for the strike. The army denied it. Sudanese rights group Emergency Lawyers reported it was a military drone strike. Two Sudanese military officials told the Associated Press that the strike had been aimed at a police station in the area and that the hospital was hit in error — an account that, if true, would still constitute a serious violation of international humanitarian law requiring parties to a conflict to verify civilian targets before striking. Sudan's military has not officially acknowledged the strike.

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Sudan Hospital Strike Kills 64, Including 13 Children, as Civil War Death Toll Passes 40,000

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Sudan Hospital Strike Kills 64, Including 13 Children, as Civil War Death Toll Passes 40,000

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