114 People Died In Last Week's Attack, WHO Chief: Sudanese People Are Too Suffering

JAKARTA - The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Sudan had suffered too much and called for an immediate ceasefire, as repeated attacks on the south of the country's territory laid off more than 100 people last week.

In his post on social media X Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote, "repeated attacks in the State of South Kordofan that hit the kindergarten and the nearby Kalogian Rural Hospital killed 114 people, including 63 children, and injured 35 people, according to the WHO Health Service Attack Monitoring System."

"The survivors of the December 4 attack have been transferred to Abu Jebaiha Hospital, in South Kordofan for treatment, and emergency calls are being made for blood donation and other medical support," he tweeted on X as quoted (8/12).

In his post Tedros again highlighted the attack leading to paramedics who were trying to move the injured from kindergarten to hospital.

"WHO regrets this inhumane attack on civilians and health facilities, and calls for an end to violence and increased access to humanitarian aid, including health," he said.

"The Sudanese people have suffered too much. Ceasefire now!" Tedros exclaimed.

Repeated strikes in #Sudan’s South Kordofan state hit a kindergarten and, at least three times, the nearby Kalogi Rural Hospital, killing 114 people, including 63 children, and injuring 35 people, according to @WHO’s Attacks on Health Care monitoring system.

Survivors from the… pic.twitter.com/hYySZKx10j

— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) December 8, 2025

Repeated strikes in #Sudan's South Kordofan state hit a friendly and, at least three times, the nearby Kalogi Rural Hospital, killing 114 people, including 63 children, and injuring 35 people, according to @WHO's Attacks on Health Care monitoring system.

Survivors from the... pic.twitter.com/hyySZKx10j

Meanwhile, local official Essam al-Din al-Sayed, head of Kalogi's administrative unit, told AFP the paramilitary drone strike on Thursday in the army-controlled city hit "first a kindergarten, then a hospital, and the third time people were trying to save children," as reported by Al Arabiya from AFP.

Since April 2023, Sudanese regular soldiers and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been involved in a conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced nearly 12 million people.

After seizing El-Fasher in late October - the last stronghold of the army in western Sudan - RSF has moved east towards the oil-rich Kordofan region, which is divided into three states.

Although WHO calculates and verifies attacks on health services, WHO does not blame any party for not being an investigative body.

The WHO stated that health care facilities and patients were targeted in the attack that occurred between 06.00 and 12.00 local time.

The incident records include violence with heavy weapons, obstructions to the provision of health services, and "psychological/threatful violence/intimidation."

In total, WHO has recorded 63 attacks on health services in Sudan this year, resulting in 1,611 deaths and 259 injuries.

From these attacks, 52 attacks had an impact on personnel, 45 attacks had an impact on facilities, and 32 attacks had an impact on patients.