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Sudan: No safe place for women and girls in Darfur, MSF report finds

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Women in Darfur, Sudan, are demanding protection, care and justice as sexual violence continues across the region, both in active conflict areas and far beyond frontlines, according to a new report released by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).  The report, “‘There is something I want to tell you…’: Surviving the sexual violence crisis in Darfur,” provides the most comprehensive documented accounts […]

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Lebanon: People are cut off from care as Israeli attacks intensify

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Four weeks into the latest escalation in Lebanon, Israel’s ongoing bombardment and the subsequent forced displacement of people are severely impacting people’s lives and their access to essential services. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls for the protection of civilians and healthcare, and for an end to measures that force people from their homes. […]

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South Sudan: As people die in Nyatim, humanitarian access must be opened

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A humanitarian disaster is unfolding in Nyatim, in Nyirol county, Jonglei state, South Sudan. Some 30,000 people have fled to Nyatim in search of safety after recent violence in Lankien and Pieri, finding shelter under trees next to a swamp. According to Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff members who are in the area, at least 58 people have died over […]

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Afghanistan: When malnutrition compounds childhood tuberculosis

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“She has been sick for the last three months, with a persistent fever and cough,” says Nooria. Her eight-month-old daughter Nomania was admitted to the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) inpatient therapeutic feeding centre in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan and later diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB). “I went to a medical store and bought injections for […]

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South Sudan: Displaced people in central and northeastern regions need urgent support

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“I have lived through many wars, but this kind of displacement has never happened before,” says Moses, who fled his home in Lankien, Jonglei state, South Sudan, as conflict intensified. “I have never seen civilians’ homes burned to ashes on such a scale. We are now living under the trees.” An escalation of violence between […]

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Ukraine: Helping Kyiv’s at-risk residents through power cuts

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“I didn’t leave my apartment all winter,” says Hanna, a 97-year-old woman, who is confined to her apartment on the 11th floor of a residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine. “It was very cold at home and I was constantly shaking. I really want to stay sane after all this.” In February 2026, after repeated shelling […]

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Palestine: MSF provides urgent care to survivors of Israeli strikes that killed 13 people in Gaza

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On March 15, 2026, Israeli strikes killed 13 people and injured many more during attacks in Deir-El-Balah, Gaza, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health. In response, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams treated nine patients at our field hospital. In the morning, MSF received four patients: a boy who was dead on arrival and […]

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Palestine: “The situation is inhumane and every day we see the medical consequences for people in Gaza…”

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Rocío Simón Martínez, nurse activity manager with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has just finished her second assignment in Gaza, where she was among the last MSF international staff to leave in late February 2026. All our international colleagues have been forced to leave following the Israeli authorities’ decision to deregister 37 non-governmental organizations […]

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Lebanon: Families face uncertainty under bombardment and new evacuation orders

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Over less than two weeks, more than 800,000 people have been forced to flee their homes and towns in Lebanon, due to relentless Israeli bombings and widespread evacuation orders. These mass displacements are making people more vulnerable, including people who have not been able to return home since previous displacements. Ghina, a young person who […]

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Nigeria: MSF hands over Cross River project after three years of medical care

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In September 2025, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) concluded our Cross River project after three years of collaboration with the state Ministry of Health (MoH). We provided free, comprehensive healthcare to thousands of people living in Akor and Old Ndibeji, near the Nigerian-Cameroonian border. Launched in May 2022, the project supported two general healthcare […]

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