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MSF Shuts Crucial South Sudan Hospital After Attack

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has announced the "permanent" closure of its hospital in the northeastern city of Lankien following an aerial attack in early February. The facility had served the remote community for over three decades, providing essential healthcare services.

In a statement, MSF reported that a bomb dropped from a plane struck a warehouse within the hospital compound, destroying vital medical supplies. While the aid group could not definitively confirm the perpetrator, it said: "government forces are the only party with the capacity for aerial bombing".

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Stefan Pejovic/MSF

MSF hospital in Lankien, Jonglei state, South Sudan, was hit in an airstrike by the government of South Sudan forces during the night of Tuesday, 3 February 2026. One MSF staff member suffered minor injuries.

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