South Sudan’s Jonglei: Who burned homes and silenced hospitals?
Key takeaways
- Government and opposition forces accused of destruction in Jonglei amid burned villages and mass displacement.
- By the evening of February 3, just hours after the last patients were carried out, a bomb struck the empty facility, ripping a crater through its warehouse.
- Fighting was underway in surrounding areas as South Sudan’s military pressed forward with a counteroffensive aimed at retaking territory seized by opposition armed groups.
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Government and opposition forces accused of destruction in Jonglei amid burned villages and mass displacement.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Burned villages and mass displacement reported across Jonglei as civilians flee escalating violence [Joseph Falzetta/Al Jazeera]By Joseph Falzetta Published On 16 Jun 202616 Jun 2026Juba, South Sudan – In the days before Lankien was attacked, doctors at the local hospital rushed to evacuate patients. Some were women in labour. Others were being treated for gunshot wounds. By the evening of February 3, just hours after the last patients were carried out, a bomb struck the empty facility, ripping a crater through its warehouse.
Fighting was underway in surrounding areas as South Sudan’s military pressed forward with a counteroffensive aimed at retaking territory seized by opposition armed groups. As the army advanced eastward through Jonglei State, it captured town after town, pushing opposition fighters towards the Ethiopian border.