Category: Sudan crisis

Sudan: Catastrophic situation in Zamzam camp, every effort must be made to finally deliver food, medicines and essential supplies to blockaded and starved communities

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As the results of a nutrition screening carried out by the Sudanese health authorities and Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) earlier this month in Zamzam camp, North Darfur, indicate a catastrophic nutritional situation that is only getting worse, MSF urges the UN and international stakeholders involved in negotiating broader humanitarian access to consider all […]

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MSF responds to Cholera in Sudan: ‘He didn’t know he was going to live’

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A cholera outbreak is gripping across several states of central and eastern Sudan bringing yet more risk, death and misery to people already bruised by the country’s brutal war. Cholera adds an additional challenge to the crisis amidst mass displacement, insecurity, and difficulties accessing medical care amid a humanitarian response that is far below what […]

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Sudan: MSF calls for quick response, unrestricted access as cholera poses latest peril in war

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A cholera outbreak is gripping across central and eastern Sudan bringing yet more risk, death and misery to people already bruised by the country’s brutal war. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) emergency teams are supporting by treating patients and providing water and sanitation services. Ongoing war, floods and now cholera In August, Sudanese authorities […]

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Sudan: 500 Days of War and a Failing Humanitarian Response as Medical Needs Soar

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Today marks 500 days since Sudan began enduring its worst humanitarian crisis yet. This is a shameful moment for international humanitarian organizations and donors, who for over 16 months have failed to provide an adequate response to the country’s escalating medical needs, from catastrophic child malnutrition to widespread disease outbreaks. Heavy restrictions from both warring […]

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Sudan: Last hospital in El Fasher risks closure during intensive bombardment of the city

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As the fighting escalates in El Fasher once more, its impact on the lives of civilians is becoming increasingly devastating, warns Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Multiple attacks on the city have taken place over the past week and since Saturday, at least 15 people have been killed, more than 130 have been injured, […]

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“We Too Have Dreams and Talents” 

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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been running an emergency response in Eastern Chad for a year to address the medical and humanitarian needs of refugees who fled Sudan after the outbreak of war. Since the conflict began in April 2023 till June this year, over 600,000 Sudanese refugees have arrived in Chad as […]

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Sudan: MSF outraged and alarmed over repeated attacks on hospitals in El Fasher and blockade on urgently needed medicine and food

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Repeated attacks on healthcare facilities in El Fasher, in Sudan’s North Darfur, are causing the already heavy death toll in the city to rise even further, while the ongoing blockage on urgently needed medical supply trucks is putting even more lives at risk, warns Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The organization calls for all […]

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Chad: Amid humanitarian void, MSF scales-up distribution of essential supplies to Refugees from Sudan

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As the rainy season begins in Chad, Doctors Without Borders /Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is significantly scaling up its activities in eastern Chad for refugees who fled the war in Sudan. Our teams have launched a mass distribution of essential life-saving items such as plastic sheeting, mosquito nets, and bars of soap to support hundreds […]

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Sudan: Fighting in El Fasher remains incessant despite UNSC resolution, warns MSF

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Eleven days since the UN Security Council called for an end to the fighting in El Fasher, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) one of the few international humanitarian organisations still present in the city warns that hospitals continue to be attacked, and that no outside help can reach the city due to the intensity […]

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Sudan: “We don’t know where we can go”

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Renk transit centre, located around 60 kilometres from Joda, the official entry point, hosts 13,000 refugees and returnees fleeing the war. There, living conditions are dire, with insufficient food, water, shelter, sanitation, and healthcare. About 300 kilometres away, thousands of people are facing the same conditions in the Bulukat transit centre. Dak Denj Uchol, 70 […]

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