Archive · 25 Nov 2025
MSF Withdraws from Darfur Hospital After Fatal Shooting
A group called Medicins Sans Frontieres, which helps people in need, had to leave a hospital in a place called Darfur.
This happened because one of the hospital workers was shot and killed, and four other people were hurt.
The group is asking a military group to make sure that hospital workers are safe.
The worker who was killed was helping carry patients on a stretcher.
The group decided to leave the hospital to keep their workers safe.
MSF withdrew its staff from a hospital in Darfur after a stretcher-bearer was shot dead.
The incident occurred on November 18, with four others also wounded.
The victim was a stretcher-bearer working for Sudan’s health ministry.
MSF called on a paramilitary group to guarantee the safety of hospital staff.
The withdrawal was announced on Tuesday.
- Who
- Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) and a stretcher-bearer working for Sudan’s health ministry
- What
- MSF withdrew its staff from a hospital in Darfur after a fatal shooting
- When
- The incident occurred on November 18; MSF announced the withdrawal on Tuesday
- Where
- Zalingei Hospital in Darfur, Sudan
- Why
- To ensure the safety of its staff after a stretcher-bearer was shot dead and four others were wounded
- Organization
- Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF)
- Location
- Zalingei Hospital, Darfur
- Victim
- Stretcher-bearer working for Sudan’s health ministry
- Date of Incident
- November 18
- Casualties
- 1 dead, 4 wounded
- Action Taken
- MSF withdrew its staff from the hospital
- Demand
- MSF called on a paramilitary group to guarantee staff safety