Aid workers missing after airstrikes hit South Sudan hospital

BBC News - WorldEN 3 min read 100% complete February 5, 2026 at 01:42 PM

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Aid workers are missing after airstrikes hit a hospital run by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Jonglei state, South Sudan, near the Ethiopian border, on Tuesday night. MSF reports that the hospital in Lankien was struck by government forces, destroying the main warehouse and medical supplies; one staff member was injured. Separately, MSF's health facility in Pieri, also in Jonglei state, was looted by unknown assailants, rendering it unusable. The attacks occurred amidst renewed fighting between government forces and opposition forces loyal to First Vice-President Riek Machar in Jonglei, where an estimated 280,000 people have been displaced since December. MSF, the only health provider for around 250,000 people in the area, had evacuated the Lankien hospital after receiving information about a possible strike.

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Pieri ×240% Alfred Lasteck 40% Salva Kiir 40% Ethiopian border 50% Wycliffe Muia 50% Riek Machar 50% South Sudan government ×260% Lankien area 60% Jonglei state ×370% Doctors Without Borders (MSF) ×380%

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Jonglei state

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