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South Sudan: Government blocks humanitarian access in opposition-held areas

Posted on 5 February 2026 (5 February 2026) by Melanie

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) denounces the restrictions on humanitarian access the government of South Sudan has imposed exclusively in parts of the opposition-held areas of Jonglei state. These restrictions limit MSF’s ability to deliver essential medical assistance for communities, which can have particularly dangerous consequences for children, pregnant women and people living with […]

South Sudan: Government forces bombarded MSF hospital in Lankien, Jonglei state

Posted on 4 February 2026 (4 February 2026) by Melanie

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières’ (MSF’s) hospital in Lankien, Jonglei state, South Sudan, was hit in an airstrike by the government of South Sudan forces during the night of Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. One MSF staff member suffered minor injuries. The hospital’s main warehouse was destroyed during the attack and we lost most of our […]

Sudan: A glimpse of the “ghost town” of El Fasher

Posted on 2 February 2026 (2 February 2026) by Melanie

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 […]

From a snakebite survivor to an active health promoter in South Sudan

Posted on 30 January 2026 (5 February 2026) by Melanie

“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 […]

Democratic Republic of Congo: Children are at risk as measles spreads amid insecurity and access challenges

Posted on 30 January 2026 (30 January 2026) by Melanie

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: […]

MSF statement on sharing staff information and humanitarian operations in Palestine

Posted on 30 January 2026 (30 January 2026) by Melanie

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 […]

Haiti: new MSF report documents alarming rise of sexual violence in Port-au-Prince

Posted on 28 January 2026 (2 February 2026) by Melanie

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 […]

Ukraine: Surviving the cold amid Russian strikes on energy infrastructure

Posted on 27 January 2026 (27 January 2026) by Melanie

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 […]

Palestine: MSF statement on staff registration and the continuation of medical care

Posted on 24 January 2026 (3 February 2026) by Melanie

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 […]

Maternal health: “I don’t know what will become of her. She’s a girl”

Posted on 22 January 2026 (22 January 2026) by Melanie

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 […]