Some 70 people were killed in an attack on the only functional hospital in the besieged city of El Fasher in Sudan.

At least 70 people were killed after a drone strike targeted the last functioning hospital in the besieged capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state late Friday, according to local officials and the World Health Organization.

The head of the World Health Organization called on Saturday for an end to attacks on healthcare workers and facilities in Sudan after a drone attack on a hospital in Sudan's North Darfur region killed more than 70 people and wounded dozens.

The conflict has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced more than 12 million.A drone attack on the only functional hospital in the Sudanese city of El Fasher has killed about 70 people and injured 19,

Seventy patients and companions died in a drone strike on one of the last functioning hospitals in western Sudan's Darfur, the region's governor said.

Some 70 people killed in attack on hospital in besieged city of El Fasher in Sudan, World Health Organization chief says