Since December 2013, Central African Republic (CAR) has been torn apart by a conflict with increasingly religious overtones. The escalating violence and displacement have made an already catastrophic health situation even worse. Central Africans are facing food insecurity and spiralling malaria,...
Violence in hospitals and the destruction of medical facilities are denying medical services to many of South Sudan's most vulnerable people, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said in a report, South Sudan Conflict: Violence Against Healthcare . Since armed conflict erupted in South Sudan in December...
All parties to the conflict in Iraq must spare civilians and health structures Following severe damage of its clinic in Tikrit as a result of the shellingof the city on 13 June, preventing the provision of medical care to approximately 40,000 people displaced by the recent surge in conflict in Iraq...
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has just evacuated a number of staff members from the city of Ndélé in the North of Central African Republic (CAR) following fresh attacks on its staff and facilities. Around 1:30 in the morning on 2 June, four armed men entered the MSF house in Ndélé as part of a...
María SIMÓN has borne witness to the degradation of the conflict hitting the Central African Republic for over one year. She has been operations coordinator for Médecins Sans Frontières in Kabo (in the north of the country) for the past seven months and she admits it has not been easy. It has been...
MSF releases report on shocking humanitarian situation in eastern DR Congo Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) is in the grip of an emergency. For two decades, persistent conflict in its eastern provinces and instability in other regions and a dysfunctional health system have led to recurrent...
Following the massacre in Boguila and abuses against civilians, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reduces medical activities in the Central African Republic (CAR) and related projects in neighbouring countries. In protest against the brutal killing of 16 civilians, including three of its humanitarian...
Accounts of gruesome targeted killings; consequences of the violence leaves thousands in peril Juba, 28 April 2014: Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) condemns the unspeakable acts of violence in Bentiu, South Sudan, during and after a major battle on 15 April. Tens of thousands of people have had to...
Sixteen civilians, including three national staff members with Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), were killed during an armed robbery on MSF hospital grounds in the northern town of Boguila, in the Central African Republic (CAR) on Saturday afternoon (26 April). MSF strongly condemns the unprovoked...
From the 22nd to the 24th March, heavy fire from automatic weapons and grenade explosions were heard around the PK5 and PK12 neighbourhoods in Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic (CAR). MSF teams treated 38 wounded, three of whom died of their injuries. Thousands of Muslims have been...
