Geneva: Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called Monday for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan after 114 people, including 63 children, were killed in what he described as "senseless" attacks targeting a kindergarten and a hospital in South Kordofan State.

According to Qatar News Agency, Adhanom Ghebreyesus, citing the WHO's Monitoring System for Attacks on Healthcare, reported that repeated attacks in South Kordofan State struck a kindergarten and targeted the rural hospital in Kalogi at least three times. These incidents resulted in the deaths of 114 people, including 63 children, and injured 35 others.

He further stated that "medics and rescue workers were targeted while trying to transfer the injured from the kindergarten to the hospital," expressing his regret for "these senseless attacks on civilians and health infrastructure," and called for an end to the violence.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recorded 63 attacks on health facilities in Sudan this year, resulting in 1,611 deaths and 259 injuries.

Since April 2023, the conflict in Sudan between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the army has killed tens of thousands, displaced more than 12 million people, and created what the United Nations calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis.