It condemns the attack on MSF Hospital in South Sudan

Giada Aquilaino – Vatican City

This is the penalty for the African Union before the attack last Saturday against Old Fangak, in northern Sudan, which was aimed at a hospital from the doctors without borders (MSF), parts of the city and the local market, which left a balance of seven deceased and twenty injuries, including a patient at the center and two health workers.

A blatant violation of humanitarian law

It was dealt with, as it was written in the observation of the Chairman of the African Organization Committee, Mahmoud Ali Yousov, about “a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law.”

Hospital damage that serves thousands of people

“There are great damages, including the complete destruction of the pharmacy”, including the complete destruction of the pharmacy “, which shows that there is” all medical supplies, which strikes the ability to provide assistance to those they need.

“Vanjak Old Hospital is the last fight: another center of MSF, Uang Hospital, has already been looted in mid -April.

Venice of violence in the north

The last attack is part of the violence that exploded in early March in the northern African state, independent since 2011, between government forces and the White Army militia that is called. The situation has deteriorated with the clashes between President Salva Kiir and Las loyal to the First Deputy, Rick Mashr, who was arrested at the end of March, and feared the fear of returning to the civil war that ended in 2018 with a balance of about four hundred thousand people. In fact, Salva Kiir’s allies accuse Rick Maher’s supporters of promoting unrest with the White Army militia.

Old Fangak, where the MSF Hospital was attacked by the MSF, is one of the main cities for the Mango Province, in Jongle’s state, a region of the majority of the Nuir country and is historically linked to the Sudanese People’s Liberation Movement in the opposition (Splm-Yo), led by Machar.

According to the provincial commissioner, Biel Botros, the helicopters and drones used in the weekend incursions, were belonging to the SPDF Popular Defense Forces (SSPDF) and caused their actions to displace more than thirty thousand people in the region. In recent weeks, the White Army Group attacked SSPDF in Nasser, in the state of Alto Nilo, which led to a wave of arrests by the Juba government, which is dominated by the Dinka tribe, and a military campaign against the militias.