{"id":23357,"date":"2026-02-05T14:04:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T12:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/several-aid-workers-unaccounted-for-after-air-strike-hits-msf-hospital-in-south-sudan\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:34:10","slug":"several-aid-workers-unaccounted-for-after-air-strike-hits-msf-hospital-in-south-sudan","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/several-aid-workers-unaccounted-for-after-air-strike-hits-msf-hospital-in-south-sudan\/","title":{"rendered":"Several aid workers unaccounted for after air strike hits MSF hospital in South Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several aid workers remain unaccounted for after air strikes hit a hospital operated by Doctors Without Borders near South Sudan\u2019s border with Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The facility, run by M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res (MSF) in Jonglei state, was struck amid a fresh wave of fighting in the region. The organisation has not yet confirmed how many staff members are missing following the attack.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The strike comes as violence resurges in Jonglei between government troops and forces aligned to First Vice-President Riek Machar. Machar has been suspended after being accused of attempting to unseat President Salva Kiir.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are growing concerns that the escalating clashes could unravel the fragile peace and push the world\u2019s youngest nation back towards a full-scale civil war.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":23358,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-23357","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Several aid workers remain unaccounted for after air strikes hit a hospital operated by Doctors Without Borders near South Sudan\u2019s border","published_date":"2026-02-05 16:00:14","news_description":"Several aid workers remain unaccounted for after air strikes hit a hospital operated by Doctors Without Borders near South Sudan\u2019s border","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26347,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23357\/revisions\/26347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=23357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}