An alarming number of survivors of sexual violence have been treated by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) so far in 2025. MSF calls on all parties to the conflict to improve the safety of civilians and access to care for all. We urge the international community […]
Our teams in Gaza are witnessing another chaotic day as the carnage at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) distribution sites continues unabated. Internet connection is cut off at mass scale after an attack hit communications lines and Israeli forces issued new displacement orders in the blocks that include Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. On […]
Read More… from Palestine: Carnage continues at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution sites
After seven years of critical support from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), local health authorities in Ebonyi state are now well equipped to take on Lassa fever with improved infrastructure, training and resilience – saving lives and restoring confidence in the healthcare system. In early 2018, Ebonyi state in southeastern Nigeria faced a serious […]
Read More… from Nigeria: MSF hands over Lassa fever care in Ebonyi state
Thousands of people have sought refuge in Bambo town, in the Rutshuru territory of North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), following the resurgence of conflict in mid-May between the M23/AFC armed group, the Congolese armed forces and their respective allies. The situation is critical; most people have arrived with nothing and are sleeping on […]
Read More… from Democratic Republic of Congo: Families flee escalating violence in Bambo region
Violence, insecurity and hunger are devastating people’s lives in South Darfur, Sudan, according to a new Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) report. The report, “Voices from South Darfur”, illustrates in vivid testimony how the impact of pervasive violence, a healthcare system in ruins and an inadequate international response have all combined to push people’s […]
Read More… from Sudan: MSF report reveals stark lack of protection and assistance in South Darfur
In southern Gaza, displacement orders and movement restrictions imposed by Israeli authorities on Nasser hospital are pushing this vital medical facility to the brink of being non-functional, warns Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Ordering hospitals to refuse new patients and making it harder for people to reach care has been a pattern aimed at […]
Read More… from Palestine: Nasser hospital, southern Gaza’s lifeline, must be preserved
In the Tine transit camp and the nearby refugee camps in eastern Chad, close to the border with Sudan, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is scaling up assistance to newly arrived refugees from Sudan. They are fleeing escalating attacks and violence in North Darfur. Since the end of April, an estimated 40,000 refugees, the vast […]
Read More… from Chad: MSF calls for urgent aid to support Sudanese refugees
Bakboula Mamat Issa is one of 57,000 Sudanese people who managed to cross into Chad in the last three weeks. She fled El Fasher with her six children, who are between two and 14 years old. “I used to cultivate the land for a living. We ran for our lives leaving everything behind when armed […]
Read More… from Chad: Refuges from Sudan face dangerous journey in search of safety
On June 1, dozens of Palestinians were killed and hundreds more injured as they waited for food at the newly created Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution centres in Rafah and close to the Netzarim Corridor, according to the Ministry of Health. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams joined the mass casualty response in Nasser hospital, […]
The disastrous start of the food distribution coordinated by the newly created Gaza Humanitarian Foundation confirmed that the US-Israel plan to instrumentalize assistance is ineffective. On May 27, the first afternoon of distribution in Rafah, south Gaza, dozens of people were shot and injured as wholly insufficient amounts of basic lifesaving supplies were distributed amid […]