Hospital attack kills 7 - South Sudan threatens civil war

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Ein Bombenangriff auf ein Krankenhaus in Südsudan tötete sieben Menschen und weckt Ängste vor einer Rückkehr in den Bürgerkrieg. Ärzte ohne Grenzen fordert Schutz für Zivilisten und medizinische Einrichtungen.
A bomb attack on a hospital in South Sudan killed seven people and arouses fears of a return to the civil war. Doctors without borders require protection for civilians and medical institutions. (Symbolbild/DNAT)

In an attack on a hospital and a market in South Sudan on Saturday, at least seven people were killed and 20 more injured, as a medical aid organization announced. The concern is growing that the country could slide again into a full civil war.

attack on the hospital in Old Fangak

Doctors without borders, also known as Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), condemned the early Murder of her hospital in Old Fangak, in the state of Jonglei in the northeast of the country. MSF reported that helicopter bombers warm up a bomb to their pharmacy and shot the city for 30 minutes.

The pharmacy was completely destroyed and all medical supplies were lost in the flames, which destroyed the last remaining hospital in the region. According to the MSF, a nearby civilian market was also bombarded by a drone.

consequences of the attack

"This attack has significantly impaired our ability to provide life -saving help in Old Fangak - the only hospital that supplies over 110,000 people in the region," said MSF. It is unclear why the hospital was the goal of an attack or by whom, but this happens in the middle of growing tensions between South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar - the opposing factions in a unit government that was formed according to a 2018 peace agreement. Machar was and accused of pushing an uprising.

claims for protection for civilians

MSF asked all parties to the conflict to respect and protect civilians and humanitarian infrastructure. The fatal attack was the second on her facilities within one month. On April 14th, heavily armed men were spotted in an MSF hospital in Ulang, in the state of Upper Nil, who interrupted the access to secondary health care for thousands

statements for responsibility

The Commissioner of Fangak County, Biel Boutros Biel, said in a message that was broadcast on local television that the government forces - the South Sudanese defense forces (SSPDF) - had carried out the attack on the hospital and the market. He reported that more than 30,000 civilians were sold by the attack.

Fangak County is ethnically shaped and is traditionally associated with the opposition party, which Vice President Machar Loyal is. "The government uses natural resources to kill its own people because of their identity as a nuer and their perceived loyalty to opposition groups," says Biel, who indicated a recent government instructions, which classifies nine counties, including Fangak, as "hostile". He condemned violence and asked the international community to act.

international reactions to escalation

The South Sudanese government asked

CNN for a comment. The day before the attack, the messages of Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States and the EU of the rapidly deteriorating security situation in South Sudan warned and asked President Kiir from releasing Vice President Machar from the house arrest. "All parties to the conflict must stop violence as a political means," said a joint explanation of the countries.

a fragile ceasefire

In 2011,

Südsudan separated from Rest Sudan after decades of unrest for independence, but has had an effort to maintain peace in his area since then. The country is divided along ethnic lines-between the majority strain of the Dinka, from the Kiir, and the nuer ethny, the second largest in the country.

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Humanitarian crisis in South Sudan

The country that has never held a national election is now ruled by a coalition under the direction of President Kiir and five Vice President, including Machar, the leader of the SPLM/A-II party. After Machar's arrest in March, the SPLM/A-IO made an explanation that his detention "effectively brings the (peace) agreement between him and Kiir to break up." According to a report from 2025 of the UN refugee work, the situation in South Sudan is one of the most severe refugee crises in Africa, with 2.3 million refugees and asylum seekers in neighboring countries and a further 2 million internally displaced south-souvenir, which are caused by conflicts or natural disasters within their country.