Seven were killed in South Sudan Hospital and the bombing of the market, the charity says

At least seven people were killed after the bombing of a hospital and market in southern Sudan, a medical charity said, where fears of returning to the civil war grow.

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said that a helicopter of helicopter dropped a bomb on the hospital pharmacy operating in Old Fangak, Jongley Province, burned it, before shooting the city for 30 minutes. Doctors Without Borders said that a drone bombed a local market.

Doctors Without Borders said that the hospital is the only one in Vangak County, with a population of more than 110,000 people, and all of its medical supplies were destroyed.

The Charitable Society called for the attack, which left 20 people who were wounded, “a clear violation of international humanitarian law.”

In recent weeks, Nicholas Heissum, who leads the United Nations mission in South Sudan, has warned that the country “swings on the edge of returning to the civil war on a large scale.”

These concerns were neglected due to an escalating conflict between President Salva Kiir and Vice President Rick Mashr.

Hours before the shelling, the head of the army, Paul Magok Nang, promised punitive strikes after the kidnapping of several boats on a river.

He blamed these attacks on a militia linked to Vice President Maher, who did not comment on the claim.

Machar was arrested in March with many of his partners, and he was accused of trying to stir a rebellion.

The government recently included the provinces it considers hostile – in other words allied with Machar.

This has increased doubts that South Sudan could turn to another conflict that includes the two largest ethnic groups in the country.

South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011, but two years later, a civil war broke out when President Kiir Machar refused, accused of planning a coup.

The conflict, which followed, which was largely fought on ethnic lines between supporters of the two leaders, led to an estimated 400,000 deaths and 2.5 million people who are forced from their homes – more than one -fifth of the population.

A peace agreement was reached in 2018, and the government of the unity with the same men was at the head of the leadership, but the elections that were supposed to be called since then did not happen.

The peace agreement was also supposed to see the end of all militias and the formation of a unified army – but this did not happen and many armed groups are still sincere for different politicians.

The current crisis arose earlier this year when the White Army militia, which was allied to Machar during the civil war, clashed with the army in the Upper Nile State and bypassed a military base in Nasser.

After that, in March, a United Nations helicopter trying to evacuate the forces under fire, leaving many dead, including a high -ranking army general.

Rights groups call for stopping the bombing of civilian areas.

Additional reports by Yemisi Adegike and Nichola Mandil