The war in Sudan has led to a collapse in the protection of civilians with communities facing indiscriminate violence, killings, torture and sexual violence amid persistent attacks on health workers and medical facilities according to a report released by Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without...
After over a year of violent incidents both inside and outside the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)-supported Turkish Hospital in Khartoum – including threats made against the lives of MSF staff – MSF has taken the decision to evacuate its team from the hospital. This decision has not been taken...
Ten days since the UN Security Council called for an end to the fighting in El Fasher, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) – one of the few international humanitarian organisations still present in the city – warns that hospitals continue to be attacked, and that no outside help can reach the city due...
On 8 June, MSF and the Ministry of Health suspended all activities in South Hospital, Al Fasher, North Darfur, after RSF soldiers stormed the facility, opened fire, and looted it, including stealing an MSF ambulance. At the time of the incursion, there were only 10 patients and a reduced medical...
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been forced to suspend work at Babiker Nahar Paediatric Hospital, North Darfur state and Madani Teaching Hospital, Al Jazirah state, in Sudan after a series of security incidents and obstructions. One of these incidents even claimed the lives of two children and...
1. Khadija Mohammad Abakkar, 25, patient from Central Darfur, Sudan “We suffered a lot. For three days, we couldn't sleep. Now, where we are is also bad. I’m Khadija Mohammad Abakkar, 25, I have been displaced by the war in Sudan. Five months ago, I was forced to flee my home in the displaced camp...
After one year of war, the aid provided to millions of people is a drop in the ocean due to political blockages created by the warring parties and lack of action from the United Nations and international humanitarian organisations. In one of the world's worst crises for decades, Sudan is facing a...
The following statement from Dr Christos Christou, International President, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), outlines the dire situation for people caught up in the war in Sudan ahead of the first anniversary of the start of the conflict: Sudan is one of the worst crises the world has seen for...
Following heavy fighting in Abyei Special Administrative Area over the past weeks, MSF is deeply saddened by the tragic loss of two of our South Sudanese colleagues, who were caught in the midst of violent events. Dr. Sigrid Lamberg, MSF's Head of Mission in South Sudan, extends a tribute to the...
