26 MSF staff missing a month after attacks on two South Sudan clinics
Mar 5th 2026
Doctors Without Borders says 26 aid workers remain missing after two clinics in Jonglei State were attacked on Feb. 3, forcing staff and thousands of civilians to flee amid escalating fighting.
- MSF says 26 of 291 colleagues from facilities in Lankien and Pieri remain unaccounted for since the Feb. 3 attacks.
- A hospital in Lankien was bombed by government forces and a clinic in Pieri was raided by unknown assailants, both in opposition-held areas.
- Staff and civilians fled into remote areas where clashes and aerial bombardments are ongoing.
- An estimated 280,000 people have been displaced in Jonglei State since fighting escalated in December.
- Fighting rose after opposition forces captured outposts in December and the government launched a counteroffensive in January.
- MSF reports its facilities were attacked 10 times in the past 12 months and says limited network coverage may explain the loss of contact with some staff.