Interview with Mohamed Somane ABDI, MSF Assistant Project Coordinator, Marere, southern Somalia The drought has affected us badly. Marere use to be a farming area but there has been no harvest now for more than two years. You can see the effects of the drought right here in our hospital, where...
Last week, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has sent medical teams and four charter planes carrying 55 tons of medical equipment, medicines and therapeutic food to Mogadishu in response to the crisis in Somalia. In the past weeks, an estimated 100,000 people have fled from south and central Somalia...
Abdi Osman ISSA, supervisor of the inpatient and outpatient departments at MSF’s hospital in Marere, southern Somalia: I can tell you that I have never seen a situation like this in all the years I have been working with MSF. Not only are we seeing malnourished children, we are also seeing adults...
Over 3600 people who have found temporary shelter in the southern-Somali town of Jilib (Lower Juba Valley) received plastic sheeting, mosquito nets and soap. The goods were provided by our team that runs a large therapeutic programme for malnourished children and a hospital in the nearby town of...
In light of the worsening nutritional crisis in Somalia, the international medical aid organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) urges all parties inside Somalia, neighbouring countries and the international community to significantly improve the assistance to the Somali population in the region...
While more than 2000 Somalis cross the borders into Kenya and Ethiopia every day in search of assistance, in Somalia itself the movement of people desperately seeking food and medical help is also taking unseen proportions. MSF teams in Somalia are dealing with fast-rising numbers of displaced...
“It’s only lunchtime and we’ve already admitted 151 children today.” MSF relief teams need your help with a gift towards the current emergency relief work for crisis in Somalia and its consequences. Please donate now! Dr Hussein Sheikh QASSIM works in the Médecins Sans Frontières(MSF) hospital in...
Organisation Hopes for Further Expansion in Al-Shabaab Territory MSF relief teams need your help with a gift towards the current emergency relief work for crisis in Somalia and its consequences. Please donate now! The announcement by one of the main armed factions in Somalia, Al Shabaab, that...
Following two consecutive grenade attacks on Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) compound in Medina, Mogadishu, MSF has taken the decision to suspend its medical operations in the area for an indefinite period of time. After nearly two months of operations in Medina, the medical humanitarian...
“Having a baby is a joy. Having three is a triple blessing,” says Fardows ABU-BAKR, 34, who recently gave birth to healthy triplets in Hargeisa, Somaliland. She gazes at Sudais, Su’ad and Sadiyo with love, pride and apprehension. Two and a half years ago, Fardows lost two children, was abandoned by...
