Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly condemns the decision by Israeli Forces to issue an evacuation order to thousands of displaced people sheltering inside Nasser hospital, the largest medical facility in southern Gaza. On 13 February, an Israeli military bulldozer destroyed the north gate of...
Following heavy fighting in Abyei Special Administrative Area over the past weeks, MSF is deeply saddened by the tragic loss of two of our South Sudanese colleagues, who were caught in the midst of violent events. Dr. Sigrid Lamberg, MSF's Head of Mission in South Sudan, extends a tribute to the...
MSF calls for urgent, mass mobilisation of international community to save lives A rapid nutrition and mortality assessment carried out by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reveals that a catastrophic situation has unfolded in Zamzam camp, North Darfur, since the conflict in Sudan began in April 2023...
Amid ongoing heavy fighting and bombing in Khan Younis, south Gaza, vital medical services have collapsed at Nasser hospital, currently the largest functioning health facility in the enclave. Médecins Sans Frontières deplores a situation in which people have been left with no options to go for...
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) condemns in the strongest possible terms the January 8 strike on an MSF shelter, which led to the death of the five-year-old daughter of an MSF staff member. Yesterday morning, a shell, resembling that from a tank, broke through the wall of the...
Escalating military activity along Lebanon’s southern border has forced thousands of people to flee border towns and seek refuge further north or in major cities. Israeli forces and Hezbollah have exchanged fire across the Israel-Lebanon border since the start of the Israel-Gaza war on 7 October of...
A retrospective mortality survey carried out among Sudanese refugees in Chad by Epicentre, Médecins Sans Frontières’ medical research and epidemiology centre, documents the appalling scale of the wave of violence that swept through the region last June, while atrocities have continued in recent...
[Update on 6/1] After days of artillery fighting in #Gaza's Middle Area and following late morning evacuation order flyers dropped by Israeli forces for neighborhoods around #AlAqsa hospital where MSF works, MSF took the difficult decision to evacuate staff and their families from the area. “It is...
On 19 Dec, armed men attacked MSF compound, looting 2 cars and other items from its premises. Due to security deterioration of recent weeks, MSF has suspended all medical activities in Wad Madani and evacuated its staff to safer areas in Sudan and neighboring countries. Following the escalation of...
