Oluwatobi Adu 
WHO-DG, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
ABUJA, Nigeria – At least 114 people, including 63 children, are killed after airstrikes hit a kindergarten and a nearby hospital in Sudan’s South Kordofan state, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.
WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus confirms the fatalities in a statement posted on X on Monday, describing the attacks as “senseless” and renewing calls for an immediate ceasefire.
“Repeated strikes in South Kordofan hit a kindergarten and, at least three times, the nearby Kalogi Rural Hospital,” Tedros says. “They killed 114 people, including 63 children, and injured 35 others.”
The data is drawn from WHO’s Attacks on Health Care monitoring system, which tracks assaults on medical facilities worldwide.
The strikes mark one of the deadliest single incidents affecting civilians and health infrastructure since fighting escalated between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces in the region.
South Kordofan has witnessed sustained violence in recent months, with air raids and ground clashes repeatedly affecting civilians. Humanitarian agencies warn that continued attacks on hospitals and schools are worsening an already dire humanitarian crisis.
Tedros urges all parties to protect civilians and respect international humanitarian law. “Children, patients and health workers must never be targets,” he says.
Conflict analysts say the incident underscores the growing toll of the Sudan war on non-combatants, as global calls intensify for diplomatic intervention to halt the fighting.
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