On December 5, 2013, several hundred people were killed during armed clashes that shook the city of Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) immediately began treating patients wounded in the fighting and has since been working to provide care to the large...
An open letter to the United Nations As UN humanitarian organisations agree to further mobilise resources in response to the humanitarian crisis in Central African Republic, MSF has released an open letter addressed to Valérie AMOS, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian...
Ms. Valerie AMOS Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator United Nations Geneva, 12 December 2013 Dear Ms. Amos, With this Open Letter, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) wishes to express its deep concern about the unacceptable performance of the United Nations...
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls on all parties involved in the current conflict in the CAR to allow the wounded and ill to safely obtain the critical medical care they need. MSF calls for an end to violence against patients, civilians and medical staff working in health care facilities in...
Thousands of displaced have fled violence in Bangui, regrouping in several sites around the city. Hundreds of wounded are have been treated following attacks on the 5th of December. MSF is extending activities to continue to treat wounded and provide health services to around 14,000 displaced...
Since early this morning there have been violent clashes, shooting and explosions in a number of areas of Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic (CAR). Armed groups have launched an offensive on the city. The ex-Seleka forces have retaliated. There are dead bodies in the streets, according...
MSF renews call to the international community, especially UN agencies, to increase its response to the ongoing crisis A further wave of mass displacement in the town of Bouca, northeastern Central African Republic (CAR), following fresh clashes between reported anti-balaka elements and ex-Séléka...
Since few weeks, MSF has deployed new mobile medical teams in the Central African Republic, especially on the main road between Batangafo and Bouca, around Bossangoa and in the southwest of the country. When new peaks of violence break out, this activity enables MSF to assess and respond quickly to...
Access Campaign The Union World Conference on Lung Health was held in Paris. MSF urged for a new approach to developing and pricing new tuberculosis (TB) medicines, so that the global TB response can deliver the new treatment combinations needed to close the deadly treatment gap for drug-resistant...
Situation in some provinces remains precarious, aid organizations need to shift gears The situation in Ouham province, in northern Central African Republic (CAR), particularly around the towns of Bossangoa and Bouca, where a peak in violence has left tens of thousands of people to flee their homes...
