In 2024, the MSF team at Unguwa Uku hospital in Kano, Nigeria, admitted 46,304 children for malnutrition. The factors behind the crisis are complex, including climate change, armed conflict and the spiralling cost of living. Most children can be treated at home with special therapeutic food, whilst those with complications need more intensive care and are […]
On the afternoon of Monday, 15 September, Israeli Forces fired upon a clearly identified Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) water truck while it was distributing 10,000 liters of drinking water in the neighborhood of Sheikh Radwan, in the eastern part of Gaza City. The vehicle’s route and schedule had been communicated in advance to […]
Read More… from Palestine: MSF condemns Israeli attack on MSF water distribution site in Gaza City
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is appalled and saddened by the death of our colleague Hussein Alnajjar who died on Sept. 16 in Gaza from shrapnel injuries caused by an Israeli airstrike near his tent five days earlier. Hussein’s sister-in-law and nephew were also injured in the same incident. This is not a tragic […]
Read More… from Palestine: MSF mourns Hussein Alnajjar, thirteenth colleague killed in Gaza
On Sept. 4, the Ministry of Health (MoH) of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) officially declared a new outbreak of the Zaire strain of Ebola in Bulape health zone, part of Mweka territory in Kasaï province. This remote region, located in south-central DRC, is difficult to access, with poor road conditions, no cargo airport and […]
Read More… from Democratic Republic of Congo: MSF supports Ebola outbreak response in Kasaï
More than one million people in Gaza are facing renewed terror after receiving an emergency order to evacuate Gaza City ahead of a major ground offensive by the Israeli military. For many, escape is impossible – elderly adults, critically unwell patients, heavily pregnant or wounded people. Those left behind have been handed a death sentence. […]
Read More… from Palestine: Doctors Can’t Stop Genocide, World Leaders Can
On Saturday, Sep. 20, 2025, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will stage a powerful public art action near Parliament in Ottawa to condemn Israel’s genocide in Gaza and calls on the Canadian government to take action. From 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., up to 100 MSF staff and supporters will form a sombre Human Chain Gallery along Wellington Street. Transforming […]
Following a series of attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), 99 wounded patients, including women and children, arrived at Doctors Without Border/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)-supported health facilities across North, Central and South Darfur in Sudan on Sep. 10. Four people across the facilities were declared dead on arrival. […]
Read More… from Sudan: Darfur hospitals receive nearly 100 wounded people in one day
Gaza City is facing a humanitarian catastrophe as Israel’s latest military assault escalates, pushing people to the brink and threatening the survival of what remains of the health system. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams warn it will be impossible to force one million people – including hundreds of critically ill patients and newborn […]
Across the West Bank, Palestinians are facing forced mass displacement by Israeli forces and settlers, significantly heightening the risk of ethnic cleansing in the occupied territory, warns Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). This comes amid recent calls by Israeli authorities for the country to annex the West Bank. More than at any point in our […]
Read More… from Palestine: Risk of ethnic cleansing in the West Bank
In the past three days, the Israeli forces have accelerated their genocidal campaign and ethnic cleansing by expanding their military activity into Gaza City. In Gaza City there are bombings during the day and night. People are terrified and unsure of where to go or what to do. We’ve seen entire neighborhoods being destroyed and […]
Read More… from Palestine: Gaza City residents trapped as Israeli military offensive intensifies