United Nations, United States - The United Nations on Friday condemned an airstrike on a hospital in southern Sudan where rebels are fighting the Khartoum government, calling it a serious violation of humanitarian law.
According to aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), a Sudanese warplane deliberately targeted a hospital in Frandala in the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan state on Tuesday.
The raid wounded two people and damaged the hospital, one of only a few that function in the state. The facility was also bombed in June last year.
"Targeting of medical facilities is a serious violation of customary humanitarian law," UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.
He added that the United Nations is asking all parties in the conflict to respect their obligations under humanitarian laws, "in particular in relation with the protection of civilians and to ensure safe and unhindered access to humanitarian organizations."
Sudanese authorities did not immediately respond to MSF's report.
Fighting erupted in South Kordofan and Blue Nile states in 2011 when former rebels from the SPLA-N took up arms against Khartoum, complaining of marginalization by Sudan's Arab-dominated government.
The mostly non-Arab insurgents complain of neglect and discrimination by Sudan's Arab-dominated regime.
AFP
