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Palestine: Israeli authorities further tighten their grip on the West Bank amid escalation with Iran

Posted on 25 June 2025 (25 June 2025) by Melanie

As international focus shifts to the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran, Israeli forces have ramped up their activities in the West Bank. Increased military operations in Jenin, Nablus and Tulkarem governorates, along with additional troop deployments, have led to heightened restrictions on Palestinians. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) warns that these actions exacerbate […]

Fear is also a border: Mental health for refugees stuck outside the U.S.

Posted on 25 June 2025 (27 June 2025) by Melanie

Fear is an instinct, but eventually, it can become an illness. For many migrants, it starts the day it becomes unbearable to stay one more night in your home. When you pack a bag not knowing if you’ll ever return – or even survive. “There are two ways to understand fear,” says Alejandro Alvarado, mental […]

Palestine: Israeli authorities are suffocating Gaza with deliberate shortages of food, medicine and fuel

Posted on 23 June 2025 (23 June 2025) by Melanie

Palestinians are constantly on the verge of losing access to essential medical care and clean water due to deliberate actions by Israeli authorities. This policy restricts the entry of medical supplies and fuel to the bare minimum, and at the whim of the Israeli authorities. While this strategy creates the illusion of aid flowing into […]

Flashquote: MSF on Canada’s missed opportunity to stand up for humanity at the G7 Summit

Posted on 20 June 2025 (22 August 2025) by manpreet

Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is profoundly disappointed that Canada and other G7 countries failed to use their power at this month’s G7 Leaders’ Summit to defend international humanitarian law (IHL) and the lives of civilians caught in conflict. At a time when medical care and aid workers are being deliberately targeted, humanitarian […]

World Refugee Day: Faces of resilience

Posted on 20 June 2025 (20 June 2025) by Melanie

“Faces of resilience” is the collective story of four women who rebuilt their lives in Greece after fleeing conflict, hardship and displacement in Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Iran. Fatimah, Ovileya, Karimeh and Sakineh refuse to be defined by labels like “refugee” or by the hardships they have faced. They see themselves as resilient, powerful individuals shaping their […]

South Sudan: Violent looting forces MSF to close Ulang hospital

Posted on 18 June 2025 (20 June 2025) by Melanie

As a result of escalating insecurity, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been forced to permanently close our hospital in Ulang, in Upper Nile state and halt support to 13 primary health facilities in the county. On April 14, 2025, MSF suspended all its medical services after armed individuals forced their way into the […]

Palestine: Open letter to European leaders on Gaza

Posted on 17 June 2025 (19 June 2025) by Melanie

Dear president of the European Commission, Dear president of the European Council, Dear president of the European Parliament, Dear European leaders, The war in Gaza has been allowed to become one of the most egregious, deadly and ruthless wars waged on a people. Gaza’s homes, hospitals, markets, water networks, roads and power grids have all […]

Sudan: Children in urgent need of immunization as a measles outbreak spreads in Darfur

Posted on 17 June 2025 (17 June 2025) by Melanie

Outbreaks of measles have spread widely across Sudan’s Darfur region over the past year, affecting people in many communities where Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are treating patients. While massive vaccination campaigns are finally ongoing in several locations across the region, efforts must be increased to catch up on the immunization of children who have never been […]

Palestine: EU governments’ hypocrisy fuelling suffering in Gaza

Posted on 17 June 2025 (17 June 2025) by Melanie

The hypocrisy and inaction of the European Union (EU) and its member states have allowed Israel to freely continue its massacre of Palestinians in Gaza with total impunity, said Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) during a press conference in Brussels on June 16. MSF calls for impartial needs-based aid to be facilitated into the […]

Democratic Republic of Congo: Alarming levels of sexual violence persist in the eastern part of the country

Posted on 13 June 2025 (13 June 2025) by Melanie

An alarming number of survivors of sexual violence have been treated by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) so far in 2025. MSF calls on all parties to the conflict to improve the safety of civilians and access to care for all. We urge the international community […]