Some 700 refugees, mostly women and children, are crossing from South Sudan into northern Uganda each day to escape violence and insecurity. Since the conflict started in mid-December, more than 45,000 South Sudanese have arrived. Many come from the city of Bor, in Jonglei state, which has seen...
Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, has been in the grip of violence for weeks but most of the city’s hospitals are no longer functioning. MSF project coordinator Jessie GAFFRIC describes the situation. She is managing our operations in the city’s only trauma unit, located in the...
Assault on Malakal compound is second looting of an MSF facility in one week Thousands of people are at risk of being left without desperately needed medical care after the international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was forced to suspend activities in Malakal, South Sudan,...
Heavy fighting in South Sudan’s Upper Nile, Unity and Jonglei states has left thousands of people newly displaced and hundreds wounded, says the international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). During the recent fighting, MSF teams treated 116 people with gunshot wounds in Malakal...
Three weeks of fighting raging throughout much of South Sudan are having increasingly serious consequences for the country’s population, says Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). With the increase in people’s needs, with resources made more scarce following the departure of many international...
MSF reiterates its call for the respect of civilians, medical staff and health facilities Despite the presence of international armed forces in the capital of Central African Republic (CAR), fighting, lynchings and violent attacks are still a daily occurrence in Bangui, and the situation in the...
Tens of thousands of South Sudanese have arrived in Awerial, in Lakes state, after fleeing violence in Bor, says Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). With thousands more people arriving each day, living conditions are verging on the catastrophic, says MSF, and there is an urgent need for increased...
Following days of relative calm as international forces attempt to disarm armed groups in Bangui, capital of Central African Republic, on 20th December renewed violence prompted waves of wounded once more to arrive at Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) projects around the city. In last 4 days, MSF has...
Medical teams extremely concerned for those affected by the fighting Tensions and conflict across many regions of South Sudan continue one week after they began. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) emergency teams are increasing their response to affected regions by treating the injured, donating drugs...
In open letter, MSF calls for increased cross-border humanitarian aid for Syrians Open letter to the Member States of the High Level Group on Syria Greatly increased humanitarian aid must be delivered across Syria’s borders, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) urged in an open letter to a group of...
