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Goma, DRC: Shooting leaves one person dead in the Kyeshero hospital

Posted on 15 April 2025 (15 April 2025)

Faced with a resurgence of violent incidents affecting healthcare services in the ongoing conflict in the provinces of North and South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) once again condemns in the strongest possible terms the use of weapons in and around healthcare facilities. The latest example […]

Democratic Republic of Congo: MSF staff member critically injured in Masisi town

Posted on 20 February 2025 (21 February 2025)

A Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff has been critically injured after shots hit the MSF base in Masisi town, in Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu province, on the morning of Feb. 20. A child who had sought refuge with his family in the MSF compound was also wounded by gunfire. MSF strongly […]

Sudan: MSF responds to attack in Khartoum after 54 killed, others injured

Posted on 1 February 2025 (4 February 2025)

On the morning of Feb. 1, a Rapid Support Forces explosive hit a market in Omdurman, Khartoum state, causing a scene of devastation at the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) supported Al Nao hospital as patients, dead bodies and family members arrived at the hospital. The Ministry of Health said the attack killed 54 […]

‘A fragile relief’: MSF statement on possible ceasefire in Gaza

Posted on 16 January 2025 (18 February 2025)

The announcement of a possible ceasefire, which has yet to be signed and implemented, is a vital respite, though it comes tragically late – after immense suffering and countless lives lost. While we are waiting for its implementation, we call for this fragile relief to be more than a pause; so that people can rebuild […]

Sudan: MSF condemns a despicable attack on its ambulance in El Fasher, killing one passenger

Posted on 13 January 2025 (14 January 2025)

On Jan. 10, a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) ambulance was shot at in El Fasher, North Darfur, by an unknown gunman while referring a female patient in labor requiring emergency surgical procedure from MSF field hospital in Zamzam camp to Saudi Hospital in El Fasher, the only public hospital with surgical capacity still […]

Eastern DRC: The human cost of global humanitarian funding gaps

Posted on 9 January 2025 (9 January 2025)

Esther is a mother of three sheltering at a camp for displaced people in North Kivu, a province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). She and her family have fled war three times in recent months. “I had hope of returning and getting my life back,” she recently told Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières […]

Gaza: Winter puts babies at even greater risk of disease and death

Posted on 31 December 2024 (18 February 2025)

Israel´s ongoing war on Gaza has forcibly displaced over 1.9 million people, leaving families to endure winter in fragile, makeshift tents with minimal protection from the cold. Children are especially vulnerable to various health risks as temperatures are dropping, and families continue to lack proper access to essential items such as water, food, and warm […]

2024: A year in review

Posted on 27 December 2024 (27 December 2024)

2024 saw Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams responding to various emergencies spanning the globe. Abyei: area between Sudan and South Sudan The 38-kilometer trip from Agok to Abyei takes over 6 hours due to poor roads. MSF uses a tractor to navigate mud bogs. The road conditions prevent water and sanitation trucks from […]

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South Sudan receives thousands of displaced and injured people fleeing intensified war in Sudan

Posted on 27 December 2024 (27 December 2024)

As South Sudan receives a massive influx of tens of thousands of people fleeing the intensified war in Sudan, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is scaling up its response to the humanitarian crisis in Renk and surrounding informal settlements along the border. Over the last weeks the number of recently displaced people has surpassed […]

Sudan: MSF condemns RSF violent attack on Bashair Teaching Hospital in Khartoum

Posted on 24 December 2024 (24 December 2024)

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly condemns the violent incursion by Rapid Support Forces (RSF) into the emergency room of Bashair Teaching Hospital in South Khartoum on Dec. 18. The attackers fired weapons inside the emergency ward, directly threatened medical staff, and severely disrupted lifesaving care. MSF urgently calls on RSF to respect the […]

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