September 04
Congo-Kinshasa: Mpox in Eastern DRC Just Another Challenge Amid Torrent of Problems
Dr Tejshri Shah, General Director of MSF and a paediatrician specialising in infectious diseases, recently returned from North Kivu, an eastern province of Democratic Republic of… Read more »
August 05
Congo-Kinshasa: MSF Survey Shows Scale of Violence Against Displaced Women in Eastern DRC
A new survey carried out by Epicentre, Médecins Sans Frontières' (MSF) epidemiological and medical research arm, among displaced people in four camps around Goma in… Read more »
July 30
Congo-Kinshasa: Five Questions About the Mpox Outbreak in DRC
In Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the number of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) cases have been on the rise for more than two years. However, the situation has worsened in… Read more »
May 27
Congo-Kinshasa: Civilians Caught In The Crossfire In The Kivus
Civilians caught in the crossfire in the Democratic Republic of Congo are once again being forced to endure violence as the fighting between several armed groups, including the M23… Read more »
May 24
Congo-Kinshasa: Civilians Caught in Crossfire In The Kivus
Goma has gradually been surrounded by several front lines, with between 600,000 and 1 million people displaced being crammed alongside the city's two million residents.Civilians… Read more »
March 12
Congo-Kinshasa: Massive Humanitarian Response Needed to Avoid Health Catastrophe in DRC
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)… Read more »
November 02, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Violence by Armed Groups has Exacerbated the Nutritional Situation in Masisi Territory
Since the beginning of the year, an average of 800 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition have been admitted each month for treatment to hospitals in Mweso and Masisi,… Read more »
October 26, 2023
Central Africa: Violence Exacerbates Malnutrition in North Kivu, DRC
In North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), an average of 800 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition have been admitted each month for treatment to… Read more »
May 15, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: 'I Stopped Asking Patients About the Whereabouts of Their Relatives'
Ulrich Crépin Namfeibona is head of the emergency team sent by Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) to respond to devastating floods that hit… Read more »
May 09, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Alarming Numbers of Sexual Violence Victims in Camps Around Goma
In just two weeks, more than 670 victims of sexual violence have been treated by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in camps for displaced people around Goma, the… Read more »
April 04, 2023
Central Africa: Urgent Response Needed for Humanitarian Disaster in North Kivu
A humanitarian disaster is underway in North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where around one million people have fled their homes in the past 12… Read more »
November 01, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: A Humanitarian Desert - Lacklustre Response Amid Horrific Violence in DRC
In August, following an outbreak of violence in the provinces of Mai-Ndombe and Kwilu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) head… Read more »