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Over 40 people, including children, killed in Sudan hospital attack, says WHO chief

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Over 40 people, including children and health care workers, were killed in an attack on a hospital in Sudan at the weekend, the head of the World Health Organization said on Tuesday.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus © Mena Today 

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus © Mena Today 

Over 40 people, including children and health care workers, were killed in an attack on a hospital in Sudan at the weekend, the head of the World Health Organization said on Tuesday.

Saturday's attack on the Al Mujlad Hospital took place in West Kordofan, near the front line between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called for attacks on health infrastructure to stop, without saying who was responsible.

Reporting by Emma Farge and Nafisa Eltahir

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