While attention in Chad is focused mainly on the war in neighbouring Sudan and the refugee camps in the east, the country has been confronted with another crisis: malnutrition. At least 5.7 million people in Chad are facing malnutrition — including 3.6 million who are severely food insecure — in a context exacerbated by conflict, displacement, climate […]
“As soon as you cross the border and enter Sudan, you immediately feel that you have reached a militarized context.” Moises Saman, Magnum photographer Seeking safety in Chad In June 2023, ethnic cleansing in West Darfur pushed hundreds of thousands of people previously trapped in the city of El Geneina across the border into eastern Chad. […]
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Faced with deepening gaps in international aid and rising humanitarian needs, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is increasingly stepping in to provide water and sanitation services for hundreds of thousands of refugees and residents across eastern Chad. With particularly high temperatures in recent months, the daily search for clean water has become a relentless […]
Read More… from Chad: Water crisis intensifies as temperatures soar and funds shrink
A coordinated and rapid response is urgently needed in the decimated town of Koukou, Sila province, in eastern Chad as thousands of people have fled flood waters, seeking refuge on a hill, with desperate shortages of food, shelter, drinking water and healthcare. Koukou and surrounding villages were hit by heavy rains in early August. Wadi […]
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 […]
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 […]
Since the war started in Sudan in 2023, more than 550,00 Sudanese have fled to eastern Chad. People have fled violent ethnic attacks, brutal violence and killings. Most of the people who fled to Chad were women and children, as men have been killed, detained or disappeared in Sudan. Left as the sole provider for […]
Read More… from Chad: Women’s voices from Aboutengue and Metche camps