September 13
Sudan: Food Must Be Delivered to People Starved By Blockade in Zamzam Camp
The results of a nutrition screening carried out by the Sudanese health authorities and Médecins Sans Frontières earlier this month in Zamzam camp, North Darfur… Read more »
August 23
South Sudan: Action Needed On HIV and Tuberculosis Amid South Sudan Crises
In a Comment article published in The Lancet HIV, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) highlights the critical health crisis posed by HIV and tuberculosis in South Sudan,… Read more »
August 27
Sudan: Soaring Medical Needs Mark 500 Days of War in Sudan
27 August marks 500 days since Sudan began enduring its worst humanitarian crisis yet. This is a shameful moment for international humanitarian organisations and donors, who, for… Read more »
August 19
Ethiopia: Handing Over Activities At Abiy Adi Hospital After Recovery From Conflict
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) began working in Abiy Adi, located in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, at the start of the region's conflict in November 2020. We had to… Read more »
August 14
Sudan: Last Hospital in El Fasher Risks Closure During Intensive Bombardment On the City
As the fighting escalates in El Fasher, Sudan, once more, its impact on the lives of civilians is becoming increasingly devastating. Multiple attacks on the city have taken place… Read more »
Somalia: Healthcare Access Challenges in Baidoa for Women and Children
Women and children have to undertake arduous journeys of hundreds of kilometres to reach medical facilities for healthcare in Biodoa Somalia , but pervasive insecurity… Read more »
August 08
Somalia: Barriers to Care Have Deadly Consequences for Women and Children in Baidoa
"Seven months ago, my wife gave birth to twin boys," says Kalimow Mohamed Nur, a father whose twins are under treatment at the Bay Regional hospital in Somalia, supported by… Read more »
August 07
Comoros: Emergency Response to Cholera in Comoros
On 2 February 2024, an unprecedented cholera epidemic was declared by the government of Comoros, an archipelago off the east coast of Africa. Read more »
July 22
Sudan: A War On People - the Human Cost of Conflict and Violence in Sudan
The consequences of over a year of full-blown conflict on the health and wellbeing of people in Sudan are disastrous. The population has faced horrendous levels of violence,… Read more »
Sudan: MSF Report Reveals Catastrophic Toll of Violence in Sudan
The war in Sudan has led to a collapse in the protection of civilians with communities facing indiscriminate violence, killings, torture and sexual violence, amid persistent… Read more »
July 09
Kenya: MSF Hands Over Opioid-Subsitution Therapy Project in Kenya
After five years, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) handed over our Medically Assisted Therapy (MAT) treatment facilities for people who use drugs in Kiambu, Kenya to… Read more »
July 11
Sudan: Violence Forces MSF to Evacuate from Turkish Hospital in Khartoum
After over a year of violent incidents both inside and outside the Doctors Without Borders (MSF)-supported Turkish Hospital in Khartoum, Sudan – including… Read more »
July 10
Sudan: MSF Suspends Delivery of Vital Care in Khartoum's Turkish Hospital
After over a year of violent incidents both inside and outside the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)-supported Turkish Hospital in Khartoum – including threats… Read more »
Kenya: MSF Program Addresses Barriers to Accessing Treatment for Drug Addiction
After 5 years, Doctors Without Borders (MSF), at the end of June, handed over Medically Assisted Therapy (MAT) treatment facilities in Kiambu, Kenya to the Department of Health and… Read more »
June 24
Ethiopia: Ongoing Investigation Into the Killings of Maria Tedros and Yohannes
Today marks three years since the brutal murders of our colleagues, María Hernández Matas, Tedros Gebremariam and Yohannes Halefom Reda, who were killed while… Read more »
June 22
Sudan: El Fasher Fighting Incessant Despite UN Resolution, Civilians Trapped and No Aid Can Enter - MSF
Nine days since the UN Security Council called for an end to the fighting in El Fasher, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) - one of the few international humanitarian… Read more »
June 18
South Sudan: War in Sudan Exacerbates Humanitarian Needs in South Sudan
The ongoing war in Sudan is drastically increasing people's needs across the border in South Sudan, says Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). MSF calls for an immediate… Read more »
June 14
Sudan: One By One, Hospitals Are Damaged and Closed in El Fasher, Sudan
Since 10 May, El Fasher, in North Darfur state, Sudan, has seen intense fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Joint Forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). As the… Read more »
June 03
South Sudan: A Lack of Food Adds to Challenges for People Living With HIV and TB in South Sudan
In South Sudan, over seven million people are expected to face acute food insecurity or worse between now and July. Among them, patients who are living with tuberculosis (TB)… Read more »
May 28
Sudan: Nowhere Safe From Violent Fighting in El Fasher As Hospitals Are Repeatedly Hit
The intense, non-stop fighting in El Fasher, Sudan, leaves no safe place for civilians in the city as patients and medical staff are increasingly becoming part of the staggering… Read more »
May 17
Sudan: People Abandoned During Violence, Humanitarian Void in Central Darfur
As the fighting in Sudan between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) began in April 2023, the displaced people of Al-Hasahisa camp, in Zalingei,… Read more »
Sudan: Bombs Leave Zalingei Desolate, Displaced Without Aid
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) teams are providing medical care at the Zalingei Teaching Hospital in Sudan, and supporting the Ministry of Health with rehabilitation, training,… Read more »
May 15
Sudan: Nowhere Is Safe As Deadly Fighting Escalates in El Fasher
The Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) supported South Hospital in El Fasher, Sudan, has received hundreds of casualties since an escalation of fighting on 10 May. Dr… Read more »
May 12
Sudan: Bomb Puts El Fasher Paediatric Hospital Out of Action Amid Intense Escalation in Fighting
On the evening of Saturday 11 May, an airstrike carried out by the SAF landed 50 metres from Babiker Nahar Paediatric Hospital, which is supported by Médecins Sans… Read more »
May 09
Sudan: MSF Forced to Suspend Support in Wad Madani
MSF has been forced to suspend work and withdraw staff from Madani Teaching Hospital, the only functional hospital for the hundreds of thousands of people in dire need of medical… Read more »