Around 70 people were killed in an attack on the only functional hospital in the besieged city of El Fasher in Sudan, the chief of the World Health Organization said Sunday, part of a series of attacks coming as the African nation's civil war escalated in recent days.

At least 70 people were killed after a drone strike targeted the last functioning hospital in the besieged capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state late Friday, according to local officials and the World Health Organization.

Local officials have attributed the drone attack that killed 70 people to the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group

Drone strike targets Saudi Hospital in El Fasher, capital city of North Darfur, Governor Arcua Minnawi says - Anadolu Ajansı

Fasher. Nationwide, up to 80 per cent of the health care facilities are no longer operational due to the conflict, according to official estimates

A drone attack on a hospital in Sudan’s Darfur region killed at least 67 people as the conflict between the Sudanese army and RSF intensifies.

More than 70 killed in drone strike on Saudi Hospital in El Fasher city in North Darfur state - Anadolu Ajansı

The head of the World Health Organization called on Saturday for an end to attacks on healthcare workers and facilities in Sudan after a drone attack on a hospital in Sudan's North Darfur region killed more than 70 people and wounded dozens.

Seventy patients and companions died in a drone strike on one of the last functioning hospitals in western Sudan's Darfur, the region's governor said.