Country and Region: Democratic Republic of the Congo

“We are profoundly disappointed”:  MSF statement on Canada’s response to our petition to step up humanitarian assistance in eastern DRC 

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The Government of Canada recently issued a formal response to a petition supported by international medical organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calling on Canada to increase its humanitarian assistance for Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where millions of people are in desperate need as a result of a violent armed conflict and the […]

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DRC: civilians caught in the crossfire in the Kivus

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Marie Brun is an emergency coordinator for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Goma, in the province of North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. She provides an update on the intensification of fighting between several armed groups, including the M23, and the Congolese armed forces since the start of the year, and the consequences […]

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One of the world’s biggest humanitarian crises is taking place in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

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Amid a daunting number of high-profile international emergencies consuming global attention in recent months, a massive humanitarian crisis has been causing widespread suffering in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the past two years, seemingly out of sight for much of the world.   Since March 2022, an estimated 1.6 million people who live near […]

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MSF response to Canada’s 2024 Federal Budget: “Canada’s decision to increase its humanitarian assistance is a welcome commitment”  

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MSF watsan teams verify the water from the freshly installed water platform in the camp of Rusayo.

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) welcomes Canada’s continued commitment to responding to the urgent needs of people around the world affected by crises, conflicts and other emergencies, as indicated by the additional $350 million in funding for international humanitarian assistance over the next two years that was announced in this week’s federal budget.   The […]

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DRC: “We fear a flare up of disease again”

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As fighting displaces thousands of people in North and South Kivu, MSF is concerned about spread of disease due to overcrowded, unsanitary living conditions Two years of violent fighting between the M23 armed group and the Congolese army (FARDC) and its allies in North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) intensified late […]

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Women on the move: mothers’ stories from Kanyaruchinya, North Kivu

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Over the past two years, more than one million women, men and children have fled the ongoing fighting in the DRC’s North Kivu province. More than half of them have sought refuge near the provincial capital of Goma, with many living in inhumane conditions on improvised sites where everything is lacking: decent shelter, water, food, […]

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Democratic Republic of Congo: MSF calls for protection of patients, medical facilities and civilians following Drodro hospital attack

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In an escalation of violence in Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri province, armed men attacked the town of Drodro on the night of 6 to 7 March, killing a patient in her bed ransacking the general hospital, and looting medical equipment, says international medical organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), whose teams work in […]

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Small voices: a glimpse into the world of the youngest victims in conflict torn Ituri province

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Ituri province, in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has been gripped for decades by recurring cycles of violence. Since mid-February there has been a resurgence of attacks, many of them targeting civilians, resulting in significant casualties, especially among women and children. In response to people’s critical medical needs in the province, in […]

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Clean water: a scarce resource for displaced people around Goma

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MSF staff fastening the water tap as other people collect water.

Access to clean water is a major challenge for the hundreds of thousands of displaced people who have been surviving for months in makeshift camps located on the outskirts of Goma. Due to the contagion of waterborne diseases such as cholera, extremely poor hygienic conditions, and higher risk of exposure to violence when getting supplies […]

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Insecurity and lack of access to healthcare: the forgotten emergency of Ituri

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Since early 2023, Djugu territory in Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has seen intense intercommunal violence and armed clashes, forcing an estimated 156,000 people to flee their homes. This is the latest surge of violence in a decades-long conflict, which has seen 700,000[1] people displaced within Djugu territory and 1.7 million across Ituri […]

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