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Democratic Republic of Congo: Families flee escalating violence in Bambo region

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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 […]

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Sudan: MSF report reveals stark lack of protection and assistance in South Darfur

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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 […]

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Palestine: Nasser hospital, southern Gaza’s lifeline, must be preserved

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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 […]

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Chad: MSF calls for urgent aid to support Sudanese refugees

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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 […]

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Chad: Refuges from Sudan face dangerous journey in search of safety

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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 […]

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Palestine: Dozens of Palestinians massacred at U.S.-Israel backed food distribution sites

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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, […]

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Palestine: MSF statement on the dehumanizing and ineffective plan to militarize aid in Gaza

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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 […]

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What is the cost for killing humanitarians?

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By Christopher Lockyear, secretary general, MSF. Originally published on swissinfo on May 26, 2025.   On Saturday, May 3, we at Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) woke to shock, grief and outrage. Our hospital in Old Fangak, South Sudan had been attacked: a helicopter gunship destroyed the pharmacy, shelling followed and drones bombed the market. […]

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Palestine: Israeli displacement orders in Gaza are psychological warfare

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Israeli forces continue to systematically use last-minute displacement orders as a violent tool, turning the Gaza Strip into hell on earth for Palestinians. Incessant bombing, a near-total blockade of aid and displacement orders are moving and trapping hundreds of thousands of people into ever-shrinking spaces. The constant state of alert and unpredictability of displacement orders […]

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Sudan: “They beat us and they raped us right there on the road in public”

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Women and girls in Sudan’s Darfur region are at near-constant risk of sexual violence, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns. The true scale of this crisis remains difficult to quantify, as services remain limited and people face barriers in seeking treatment or speaking about their ordeal. Yet all the survivors who speak with MSF […]

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