When the floodwater levels started rising in her village, 21-year-old Nyabeel and her husband were torn about what to do. Leaving their land, which they relied on for food, was a tough decision. “We spent three days moving. It was challenging, with four children and a herd of goats,” she says. Eight months on since […]
Country and Region: South Sudan
South Sudan: Flooding puts lives in jeopardy
Heavy rains have caused widespread flooding in South Sudan this year, affecting more than 400,000 people so far, according to United Nations estimates, while the rainy season continues. Many of the hardest hit communities are in Jonglei State, where wetlands and tributaries of the White Nile overflowed as seasonal rains arrived earlier than usual. In […]
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MSF providing medical care and assistance in Sudan to people fleeing the violence in Ethiopia
On November 4, Ethiopia’s prime minister ordered military action against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) in the Tigray region, in northern Ethiopia, following an attack on a military base. The escalating conflict is already affecting hundreds of thousands of people, and it runs the risk of destabilizing other parts of the country and the region, with potentially […]
South Sudan: Urgent vaccination campaign needed to stop spread of measles in Pibor
Two months into a measles outbreak in Pibor town in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area, the spread of the highly contagious and life-threatening illness is a severe growing crisis. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls on all health organizations to urgently launch a reactive vaccination campaign to curb the outbreak. On August 18, 2020, […]
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South Sudan: Heavy floods threaten the lives of thousands of people in Greater Pibor Administrative Area
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is deeply concerned about the impact of ongoing severe flooding in Greater Pibor, South Sudan, which has displaced thousands of people and worsened an already devastating humanitarian emergency. MSF is urging organizations in the area to scale up their response to prevent further disaster. “When the fighting renewed in […]
World Tuberculosis Day 2020: Tackling TB in Sudan and South Sudan
If left untreated, TB severely weakens people and can be fatal. TB is one of the top ten causes of death worldwide.
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Jonglei & the Greater Pibor Adminstrative area: Massive influx of wounded and displaced people
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) medical teams have received a mass influx of 83 wounded patients in Pieri and Lankien over the space of just five days between March 9-13, and have treated 45 gunshot wounds in Pibor over the past months as waves of intercommunal clashes in Jonglei State and the Greater Pibor […]
South Sudan: Thousands flee as conflict escalates
Following the current outbreak of violence in Jonglei State and the Greater Pibor Administrative area of South Sudan, thousands of people have fled for their lives and are seeking refuge inside the United Nation’s Protection of Civilians (PoC) site in Pibor town. Our teams have treated over 28 wounded in the last two weeks in […]
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MSF 10 monumental moments
Here’s a look at just a few of the humanitarian emergencies that Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has responded to over the last 10 years.
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