Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was granted access to El Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state, to assess the current situation of the civilians and health facilities. This comes after the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized the city last October, following a prolonged siege and atrocities. It was our first visit since […]
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“It happened while I was on my way home from the market at 8:00 p.m.,” says Noon Makor Arop, a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) health promoter and community engagement supervisor in Abyei, South Sudan. “I didn’t realize it was a snake initially, but I soon felt pain and swelling in the bite area. I […]
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In 2025, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was again faced with a major measles epidemic. More than 82,869 suspected cases and 1,175 deaths were recorded in almost all provinces, according to local health authorities. This outbreak comes at a time when the health situation is extremely fragile, marked by the coexistence of several health crises: […]
Following many months of unsuccessful engagement with Israeli authorities, and in the absence of securing assurances to ensure the safety of our staff or the independent management of our operations, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has concluded that it will not share a list of its Palestinian and international staff with Israeli authorities in the current […]
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Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) has surged in Haiti’s capital since 2022 and is being used systematically to terrorize communities, with a disproportionate impact on women and girls, according to a report released by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). This crisis is occurring as infrastructure, public services and living conditions have deteriorated dramatically amid […]
Read More… from Haiti: new MSF report documents alarming rise of sexual violence in Port-au-Prince
As temperatures drop as low as -20° C in Ukraine, millions of people are forced to live with limited electricity, heating and running water as Russian forces continue to bomb the country’s energy infrastructure. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff and patients alike are living and working without basic necessities, some in homes already […]
Read More… from Ukraine: Surviving the cold amid Russian strikes on energy infrastructure
To avoid being forced to suspend our operations in Palestine from March 1, 2026, following unreasonable demands to hand over personal information about our staff, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has informed Israeli authorities that, as an exceptional measure, we are prepared to share a defined list of Palestinian and international staff names, subject […]
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Stories from women in some of the world’s most remote places reveal that the challenges of giving birth safely are strikingly similar across continents. And they are preventable. Three women living in vastly different places are brought together by shared challenges during pregnancy: Hermina in Central African Republic (CAR), Murjanatu in northern Nigeria and Sabera […]
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Ten years ago, Canada successfully co-sponsored the UN Security Council resolution 2286, which called for the protection of medical care in armed conflict situations. But today, attacks on hospitals and medical personnel have significantly increased and continue to be met with near-total impunity, according to a new report by Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). […]
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Ishaq* arrived in critical condition. He’d been playing near his home in Kunduz, Afghanistan when he picked up an unfamiliar object. As he tried to open it to see what it was, it exploded. He was around eight years old. Ishaq’s family acted fast. They used a scarf, desperately trying to stop the bleeding as […]
Read More… from Afghanistan: The golden time, or the lifesaving window in trauma care