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.

The African country is gripped by a civil war between the army and rebel forces. The conflict has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced more than 12 million.

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.

Some 70 people were killed in an attack on the only functional hospital in the besieged city of El Fasher in Sudan

A drone attack on one of the last functioning hospitals in El Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur region killed 30 people and injured dozens, reports said on Saturday.