New outbreaks of fighting in Ivory Coast are severely restricting already-limited civilian access to medical care, the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today. An advancing front line has forced thousands of residents to flee in the western region...
Ivory Coast is experiencing a new spiral of violence that is endangering populations’ access to medical care. Confrontations raging in parts of the city of Abidjan and in the western part of the country have displaced tens of thousands of people. Facing the same insecurity as the rest of the...
MSF Frontières is responding to latest outburst of violence in Abidjan, Ivory Coast On March 17, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams working with Ivory Coast’s Ministry of Health at the Abobo Sud Hospital treated 66 wounded people following violent attacks in the densely-populated Abidjan...
Increasingly intense armed confrontations over recent weeks in Ivory Coast, together with political gridlock, have had serious consequences on the country’s population, the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today. Fighting has led to new...
Since early December 2010, following the post election violence and tension in Ivory Coast, tens of thousands of Ivorian fleeing their country have sought refuge at the Liberian border. Up to more than 38,000 people, mainly women and children, are reported to have arrived in the Liberian County of...
The clashes that erupted in Duékoué in western Côte d'Ivoire on January 3 rd resulted in many injured and more than 12,000 displaced persons. In support of the general hospital in the city, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams have treated 53 wounded in five days and are currently running primary...
