South Sudan hospital hit by government airstrike, Doctors Without Borders says

Humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders said one of its hospitals in South Sudan was hit by an airstrike carried out by government forces.

The incident, on Tuesday night, marks the 10th attack in 12 months on a medical facility in the country run by the group, which is also known as Médecins Sans Frontières, or MSF.

The hospital is located in Lankien, a town in the state of Jonglei where opposition-held areas have been at the center of renewed fighting in recent weeks between government troops and opposition forces.

Lankien had been evacuated hours before Tuesday airstrike after MSF received information about a possible attack. One staff member was injured, and the hospital’s main warehouse was destroyed along with medical supplies, the group said in a statement.

“MSF shared the GPS coordinates of our facilities with the government and other parties to the conflict,” operations manager Gul Badshah said.

“The government of South Sudan armed forces are the