Sierra Leone: Helping Pregnant Women Access Timely Healthcare in Sierra Leone

"When I went into labour, I started making my way to the nearest health centre, but then I felt one of my two babies coming, so I spread my cloth under a mango tree and gave birth… Read more »

Nigeria: Urgent Response Needed to Curb Nigeria's Worsening Diphtheria Outbreak

A serious diphtheria outbreak is tearing through Nigeria, where thousands of people have been infected and hundreds more have died. Read more »

Niger: Three Things to Know About the Humanitarian Situation in Niger

As a result of the political situation in Niger since 26 July, regional organisations including the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the West African Economic… Read more »

Central African Republic: Abortion - Women More At Risk of Death in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Settings

Complications following unsafe abortions are up to seven times more severe in fragile or conflict-affected settings: these are the findings of one of the very first studies on the… Read more »

Nigeria: MSF Raises Alarm Over Escalating Malnutrition Crisis in Northwest

A malnutrition crisis is escalating in northwest Nigeria, prompting international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) to… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria - Urgent Action Needed to Avert Catastrophic Malnutrition Crisis

As a malnutrition crisis is escalating in northwest Nigeria, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns that the current humanitarian response is insufficient to avert a… Read more »

Burkina Faso: Djibo, a Life Under Blockade

Burkina Faso is experiencing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis that has seen 1.99 million internally displaced people flee violence perpetrated by jihadist groups (OCHA, 31… Read more »

Nigeria: MSF Warns of Catastrophe As Unprecedented Number of Malnourished Children Need Lifesaving Support

Unprecedented numbers of malnourished children in need of lifesaving treatment have been brought to therapeutic feeding centres run by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)… Read more »

Niger: MSF Denounces Appalling Conditions for Migrants Abandoned in Assamaka

Thousands of migrants deported from Algeria and abandoned in the desert of northern Niger are stranded without access to shelter, healthcare, protection, or basic necessities,… Read more »

Burkina Faso: MSF Suspends All Activities in Burkina Faso

Following the attack in which two MSF staff were killed on February 8 in the Boucle du Mouhoun region, we are suspending all our activities in the country. This measure, necessary… Read more »

Burkina Faso: MSF Workers Killed in Attack - Work Suspended in Boucle du Mouhoun

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) condemns in the strongest terms the murder of two of its employees in the Boucle du Mouhoun region, in northwestern Burkina Faso. The… Read more »

Nigeria: Noma Takes Step Towards Inclusion on WHO List of Neglected Tropical Diseases

Amsterdam, 2 February 2023 – The little-known but life-threatening disease noma is one step closer towards being recognised as a neglected tropical disease (NTD) after… Read more »

Cameroon: All MSF Staff Acquitted in Military Tribunal in Cameroon

The international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is extremely relieved at the acquittal of five of our staff, who faced trial in… Read more »

Burkina Faso: Violence, Severe Supply Shortages Leave People Across the Country in Dire Need

Since 2018, Burkina Faso has been plagued by violent clashes in the Sahel, which have caused the internal displacement of over 1.5 million people, and has become the epicentre of… Read more »

Nigeria: Catastrophic Malnutrition Crisis in Northwest Nigeria Must be Recognized

As the malnutrition crisis in northwest Nigeria continues at catastrophic levels, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling for the humanitarian community to respond… Read more »

Nigeria: UN Must Urgently Recognise Malnutrition Crisis in Northwest Nigeria

As the malnutrition crisis in northwest Nigeria continues at catastrophic levels, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling for the humanitarian community to respond… Read more »

Burkina Faso: Thousands Displaced After Escalating Violence in Boucle Du Mouhoun Burkina Faso

"We got to Dédougou with nothing: no money, no food," says Habi*. "Everything remained in Douroula, even our bicycles." Read more »

Nigeria: Neglected Malnutrition Crisis Threatens Thousands of Children in Northwest Nigeria

A growing, yet largely ignored, malnutrition crisis is unfolding in northwest Nigeria, which threatens the lives of tens of thousands of children, Médecins Sans… Read more »

Nigeria: Urgent Humanitarian Response Needed to Avoid Deadly Consequences in Borno, Nigeria

Since May, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been witnessing an unprecedented influx of malnourished children to our nutrition centre in Maiduguri, Nigeria,… Read more »

Burkina Faso: Enormous Needs for Hundreds of Thousands of People Displaced By Ongoing Conflict, Insecurity

Since 2015, people in Burkina Faso have been living through a security crisis that has caused widespread displacement and untold distress. An estimated 1.9 million people have been… Read more »

Central Africa: MSF Suspends Its Medical Activities in South-West Cameroon

The organization calls for the release of four of its colleagues, unjustly detained Read more »

Niger: MSF helps treating injured children after the bombing of a village on Nigerian border

The attack reportedly killed 12 people in total, including four children. Seven injured children were received at the hospital in Madarounfa, where MSF teams intervenes. Read more »

Nigeria: Airstrike Kills 12 People Including Children in South Niger

On Friday afternoon, 18 February, an airstrike hit a small village in the Madarounfa district of southern Niger, killing at least 12 people, including four children, and injuring… Read more »

Nigeria: Lucky to Be Alive Amid Hunger in Nigeria

Although the annual peak in malnutrition cases should now be over in Nigeria, dozens of severely malnourished children continue to occupy beds in Médecins Sans… Read more »

Nigeria: Prevention Is Key to Stop Children From Dying of Lead Poisoning

More than 11 years after environmental contamination began causing the death of hundreds of children in Zamfara, northern Nigeria, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has… Read more »