Médecins Sans Frontières has reached the difficult decision to withdraw our services from Las Anod General Hospital, Sool region, located within the internationally-recognised borders of Somalia,* due to increased volatility and repeated security incidents which have impacted the safe delivery of...
On the afternoon of July 20, four MSF staff as well as four truck drivers and a team of 10 daily workers were stopped by a group of armed men while transporting medical supplies to the Turkish Hospital in southern Khartoum, where MSF provides health care. After arguing about the reasons for MSF’s...
After the start of the war in mid-April in Sudan, 13,800 people fleeing violence arrived in CAR, according to the UN: they are mostly Sudanese refugees, but also Central African nationals who had fled their country during different periods of crisis. While the first refugees chose to settle in the...
[Update on 12/7] MSF Head of Mission for Syria, Sebastien Gay, comments on the UNSC failure to renew the cross-border resolution during their session on 11 July 2023: The failure to renew the cross-border resolution at the United Nations Security Council meeting on July 11 is shameful. Politics is...
On 4 July a Ministry of Health staff member at the MSF supported Saudi Maternity Hospital in Omdurman died after being shot while moving within the hospital compound. We extend our deepest condolences to their family, friends and colleagues. Though in recent weeks the insecurity has led to fewer...
[Update on 7/7] On July 3-5, Israeli forces conducted a military raid in this northern West Bank city that left 12 dead and caused considerable material damage. MSF staff assessed humanitarian needs in Jenin's refugee camp on July 6, and donated emergency and trauma supplies to a community...
Last night, approximately 20 armed men violently entered the Médecins Sans Frontières hospital in Tabarre, in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, to forcibly remove a patient with gunshot wounds who was still in the operating room. MSF strongly condemns this incursion, which demonstrates once again...
Since the escalation of violence in Sudan, MSF has been working in 12 states: Khartoum, Kassala, Al-Jazeera, West Darfur, North Darfur, Central Darfur, South Darfur, Red Sea, El-Gedaref, Blue Nile, White Nile, and River Nile. We continue to adapt and scale up our emergency response in areas we are...
In the town of Abyei, there is an electric atmosphere rivalling that of any World Cup match. This football field, however, serves as a witness to community engagement, woven into life by the MSF team.
As the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) enters its third month, rampant violence and huge health needs persist across Sudan, particularly in Khartoum and Darfur. Although MSF is running medical projects, its ability to scale up activities is being...
