Sudan denies bombing East Darfur health facility
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s foreign ministry on Thursday rejected a statement by U.S. presidential advisor Massad Boulos accusing the army of bombing a hospital in East Darfur.
Boulos, the U.S. Senior Adviser for Arab and African affairs, said in a post on X on Wednesday that the Sudanese army had bombed Ed Daein hospital, describing the incident as “appalling”.
However, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation expressed its “strong condemnation and total denunciation” of the adviser’s allegations regarding the Ed Daein Teaching Hospital.
Sudanese media outlet, Sudan Tribune, quoted the ministry as saing Mr. Boulos' accusation was made without verification or investigation, leading to the “misleading of local and international public opinion” and harming efforts to achieve peace.
The statement, it said, lacked accuracy and objectivity, asserting they serve the “agenda of the regional sponsors” of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The statement warned that Mr. Boulos’s “baseless remarks” undermine his neutrality and damage the chances of ending the war, showing “clear bias” against the Sudanese Armed Forces.
In his post, Mr. Boulos said the strike on the facility last week is “appalling”, adding that “this vital hospital is now inoperable, depriving innocent civilians of lifesaving care”.
He said since April 2023, when the current civil war in Sudan broke out, more than 2,000 people have died from over 200 attacks on medical facilities, which must never be targeted.
“The violence from both sides (SAF and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces) must stop; they must accept a humanitarian truce to end the suffering of the Sudanese people and allow those injured to heal in peace and security,” Mr. Boulos wrote.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said last weekend that it had verified the hospital attack that happened late on Friday, killing scores of people, including 13 children, two nurses, a doctor and multiple patients.
This attack injured nearly 100 people, including eight health staff, and damaged the hospital’s paediatric, maternity and emergency departments.
“Enough blood has been spilled,” said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “Enough suffering has been inflicted. The time has come to de-escalate the conflict in Sudan and ensure the protection of civilians, health workers and humanitarians.”
Beyond the devastating human toll, attacks on health care have immediate and long-term consequences for communities already in desperate need of both emergency and routine medical services, WHO said.
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