Al-Nuhud Hospital in Sudan under RSF control; healthcare completely collapsed for five months

Nov 28, 2025
International

Photo: People standing outside tents at the newly established Al-Afadh camp in Al Dabbah, Northern State, Sudan, November 17 (Collected. Al Jazeera. Marwan Ali/AP)

International Desk, PNN

Al-Nuhud’s main hospital in West Kordofan, southern Sudan, is no longer functioning as a medical center; it has been turned into a military barracks. The local Sudan Doctors Network stated that since the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took control of the town five months ago, a large part of the hospital has been converted into a military command center and accommodation.

The organization claims that the takeover has made the hospital incapable of providing proper healthcare to the public. A Facebook statement added that using healthcare facilities for military purposes violates international human rights law, severely affecting civilians’ access to medical care.

Some hospital staff have faced threats due to alleged collaboration with the military. Many fled for safety, causing severe staff shortages, making it difficult to maintain even limited services.

Since April 2023, Sudan has been in an intense civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the RSF. All regional and international mediation efforts have failed. The conflict has caused thousands of deaths and displaced millions. The UN describes it as the world’s largest humanitarian crisis.

Recently, hundreds of unaccompanied children arrived in Tawila, West Darfur. The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) reported that at least 400 children fled from Al-Fash due to fear of conflict and violence.

On October 26, RSF took control of Al-Fash after 18 months of blockade, causing a humanitarian crisis with shortages of food, medicine, and essential supplies. Allegations of genocide, abduction, and sexual violence have been raised against both RSF and SAF.

The United States has proposed a ceasefire, but neither party has officially accepted it. RSF unilaterally announced a three-month ceasefire under U.S. pressure, but SAF reported new attacks in Babnus, West Kordofan, the next day.

Sudan’s military chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan appealed to former U.S. President Donald Trump to intervene to stop the war, saying, “The people of Sudan are now looking to Washington.” Despite multiple talks, no lasting peace agreement has been reached between Burhan and RSF leader Mohammed Hamdan ‘Hemeti.’ This three-year conflict has cost millions of lives and created one of the world’s largest famine and displaced population crises.