Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) condemns the shelling of Daynile Hospital in Mogadishu, which took place Friday, March 30. The fighting began in the morning in this neighborhood of Daynile, located in an outlying area of Mogadishu. The shelling struck the hospital’s emergency room and a portion of...
Four-year old Khalif has been under treatment in MSF’s in-patient therapeutic feeding centre in the southern Somali town of Kismayo for just over two weeks when his mother, Abshiro GEDI, tells his remarkable story. The family lives in Mayondo village, around 60 kms. North of Kismayo, in an area...
Others projects in Somalia continue, but MSF medical assistance in Somali capital reduced by half Following the tragic killings of our colleagues Philippe HAVET and Dr. Andrias Karel KEILUHU in Mogadishu, Somalia, on the 29th of December 2011, the medical humanitarian organisation Medecins Sans...
Humanitarian work in Somalia threatened Two Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) colleagues, Phillipe HAVET and Andrias Karel KEILUHU, were killed on 29 December by a gunman while implementing emergency assistance projects in Mogadishu. Three months ago, two MSF aid workers, Montserrat SERRA and Blanca...
It is with great sadness that Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) confirms that two MSF staff members were killed this morning (29 December) as a result of a shooting in the organisation’s compound in Mogadishu. While one of the aid workers died during the shooting, the other was transferred to a...
Even for the long-suffering Somali population, the events of the past year have been challenging. The conflict that began two decades ago continues, and its consequences are exacerbated by drought, one of the worst on record in the country. Thousands of people have been forced to flee Somalia, and...
MSF staff in Marere, in Lower Juba Region, southern Somalia, are treating dozens of injured following an aerial bombardment on the town of Jilib that hit a camp for internally-displaced people at around 1.30 pm on Sunday. At the time of writing at least 3 people are reported dead and 52 injured,...
After heavy fighting erupted on October 20 in Daynille, on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was forced to suspend its measles vaccination campaign in the area. The campaign had been scheduled to last three weeks and to reach 35,000 children. Measles is currently wreaking...
