"The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have converted a large part of Al-Nuhud Hospital in West Kordofan in wartorn Sudan's south into a military command centre and barracks since their takeover of the city more than five months ago, according to the Sudan Doctors Network. The nongovernmental organisation said on Friday that the RSF, the government-aligned Sudanese Armed Forces' (SAF) bitter rival in the brutal three-year civil war, has been preventing the hospital from fulfilling its essential role in providing healthcare for the population."
"This military use of the health facility constitutes a blatant violation of the sanctity of medical institutions and undermines civilians' right to access treatment, the statement on Facebook said, adding that some of the medical personnel in the city have been accused of cooperating with the military before fleeing the city."
"Since April 2023, the SAF and the RSF have been locked in a war that regional and international mediation has failed to end. The conflict has killed thousands of people and displaced millions of others, causing what the United Nations calls the world's largest humanitarian disaster. Hundreds of Sudanese children have arrived in the town of Tawila in Sudan's western Darfur region without their parents since the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized control of the city of el-Fasher last month, a humanitarian group says."
The Rapid Support Forces converted much of Al-Nuhud Hospital in West Kordofan into a military command centre and barracks after seizing the city, blocking its ability to deliver essential care. Some medical personnel were accused of cooperating with the military before fleeing, leaving a severe shortage of healthcare workers and extremely limited services. The conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the RSF since April 2023 has killed thousands and displaced millions, prompting the United Nations to describe it as the world's largest humanitarian disaster. Humanitarian groups report hundreds of unaccompanied children arriving in Tawila after the RSF captured el-Fasher, with at least 400 recorded.
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