Tariq Salam would sometimes spend three or four hours walking alone under the hot sun. He had become increasingly isolated, avoiding social gatherings and conversations and spending much of his time on his own. “Before treatment, things were very difficult,” says Salam. “I avoided people and preferred to be alone, sometimes walking for hours by […]
Read More… from Sudan: Mental health recovery possible, staying on treatment harder
In Ad-Damazin, Blue Nile state, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) offers mental health support at a permanent centre in Karama 6 camp and through activities at other project sites, including the malnutrition ward at Ad-Damazin hospital. People can access individual support and follow-up care, while those who need more specialized care are referred to the […]
Read More… from Sudan: A mother’s journey from isolation to recovery
Cholera has existed for centuries. We know how to prevent and treat it. Yet in 2024 and 2025, Sudan endured the deadliest cholera outbreak recorded in its modern history. The disease reached all 18 states for the first time, with more than 124,000 cases and 3,500 deaths, as stated by the World Health Organization. I […]
Read More… from Sudan: Why we could not stop cholera in the country
Women queue at water points in the Al Safa camps in Abu Jubayhah locality, South Kordofan, Sudan. Jerrycans surround them, waiting to be filled. Until recently, getting water meant walking at least three kilometres. Abu Jubayhah has become one of the main areas hosting displaced people in South Kordofan. Some live in camps such as Al Safa, […]
Read More… from Sudan: Meeting displaced people’s urgent needs
Amidst a brutal ongoing war and a catastrophic humanitarian crisis, people in Sudan face reduced access to healthcare as facilities across the country close their doors as the impact of broad and historic international aid funding cuts by governments begin to take hold. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns this withdrawal of support from […]
Read More… from Sudan: Aid cuts leave millions without healthcare
When the question was put to a Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) colleague in Sudan, the answer came quickly: “It is we, the Sudanese, who can tell the world our story.” Sudan’s war has entered its fourth year — more than 1,200 days of conflict. But despite the scale of the crisis, its complexity, and its impact on people, this story has received little international attention […]
Why is El Obeid attracting attention now? The vast Kordofan region in south-central Sudan has remained one of the most volatile and active conflict zones of the three-year-old long war in the country. North Kordofan state is at the centre of the hostilities and its capital, El Obeid has become a refuge for about 100,000 […]
Read More… from Sudan: Drone attacks are worsening the crisis in El Obeid
Across Sudan, healthcare, nutrition, clean water and other basics for survival are in desperate need. As the situation becomes more desperate, local crises must reach near-catastrophic levels just to attract attention and unlock emergency funding. Um Rakuba refugee camp in eastern Sudan has not yet reached catastrophic levels, but walk through the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins […]
Read More… from Sudan: A forgotten camp inside a forgotten war
Drone strikes around the Sudanese town of Tina, have intensified since early May, leading to influxes of wounded patients across the border in Chad at the nearby Tiné hospital, which is supported by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). In recent weeks, residents have reported near-daily strikes, attributed to Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces, with as […]
Javid Abdelmoneim, physician and international president of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has just completed a visit to MSF projects across Darfur*. In this interview, he shares his impressions from his visit, the critical humanitarian needs he witnessed and the situation facing civilians in what is currently one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises. You recently […]