For the past week, violent clashes have been taking place in Port-au-Prince, including in usually calm neighborhoods. Mumuza Muhindo, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Country Director, explains how people in the city are victims of the violence in this Q&A. Mumuza Muhindo.Christophe Da Silva/Hans Lucas rong> When did this wave of violence begin? Since the […]
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The latest violence that erupted on April 4, 2022, in Leer County in South Sudan has resulted in the deaths of dozens of civilians, including a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff member. This is the second MSF staff member that has been killed in Leer due to extreme violence since December 2021. Peter Mathor […]
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It is a rainy morning in the Al-Nahwaran neighbourhood of Iraq’s second largest city, Mosul, and a group of women are lining up in front of a small medical facility. The stormy weather has not stopped them from coming. The bellies of some of the women speak for the reason of their visit. Maram, a […]
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Lebanon’s crisis exacerbates the hardships of a neglected community.
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