Table 2 Characteristics of attacks on medical faculties
From: War and education: the attacks on medical schools amidst ongoing armed conflict, Sudan 2023
Variable | Items | n | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Was the university attacked during the ongoing war? (n = 58) | Yes | 34 | 58.6 |
No | 19 | 32.8 | |
No information available | 5 | 8.6 | |
Location of attacked universities by city (n = 34) | Khartoum | 18 | 52.9 |
Bahri | 6 | 17.6 | |
Omdurman | 7 | 20.6 | |
Nayala | 2 | 5.9 | |
Zalingei | 1 | 2.9 | |
Type of the school (n = 34) | Private | 24 | 70.6 |
Public | 8 | 23.5 | |
Related to military forces | 2 | 5.9 | |
Type of attack | Destruction of the building | 16 | 47.1 |
Burning or setting fire | 4 | 11.8 | |
Looting or stealing | 25 | 73.5 | |
Conversion into a military base | 23 | 67.6 | |
Detention | 1 | 2.9 | |
Extent of damage | Laboratories | 7 | 20.6 |
Lecture halls | 5 | 14.7 | |
Administrative buildings | 14 | 41.2 | |
Student’s support services buildings | 7 | 20.6 | |
University walls and squares | 3 | 8.8 | |
No information about the extent of the damage | 13 | 38.2 | |
Source of information | Social media posts/comments | 15 | 44.1 |
Academic Staff/students/eyewitnesses | 13 | 38.2 | |
Administration staff of the university | 9 | 26.5 | |
Student Association Facebook/Twitter pages | 6 | 17.6 | |
University Facebook/Twitter pages | 5 | 14.7 | |
News-page | 4 | 11.8 | |
University Official website | 1 | 2.9 | |
Validity of the data according to the source | High | 24 | 70.6 |
Low | 10 | 29.4 |