A retrospective mortality survey carried out among Sudanese refugees in Chad by Epicentre, Médecins Sans Frontières’ medical research and epidemiology centre, documents the appalling scale of the wave of violence that swept through the region last June, while atrocities have continued in recent...
Following increased fighting in El Geneina in Sudan’s West Darfur, Médecins Sans Frontières teams operating across the border in eastern Chad have seen an immediate and major increase in the number of people arriving in the region. 36 wounded people were received by MSF teams over the past weekend...
By the time the current conflict in Sudan broke out in mid-April, its Darfur region had already been facing war and ethnic violence for over two decades. Today’s fighting – which first erupted in Khartoum between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF)—has...
Since the escalation of violence in Sudan, MSF has been working in 12 states: Khartoum, Kassala, Al-Jazeera, West Darfur, North Darfur, Central Darfur, South Darfur, Red Sea, El-Gedaref, Blue Nile, White Nile, and River Nile. We continue to adapt and scale up our emergency response in areas we are...
A total of 72 wounded people from Sudan have been treated at the hospital in Adré, eastern Chad, by Médecins Sans Frontières in partnership with the local health authorities. This is as a result of violence and fighting that has raged in Darfur and other regions of Sudan for more than six weeks and...
Major floods have hit central and southern Chad since mid-August, with the latest floods affecting the capital, N’Djamena, where rivers have burst their banks and whole neighbourhoods have been left underwater. Médecins Sans Frontières has launched an emergency response to address the most acute...
Am Timan, June 2018 It’s 7:30 in the morning, and the clouds in the sky are holding back the heat, but soon it will rise, forcing people under the trees to find a moment of relief in the shade. The day in Am Timan, in the east of Chad, starts early. Am Timan hospital, which MSF has worked in since...
MSF teams providing support to the Chadian Ministry of Health A triple suicide attack that took place on the island of Koulfa in the Lake Chad area in Chad on Saturday (5 Dec) morning has reportedly killed 30 people and wounded up to 200. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams present in the area...
So it's been a month since I arrived in Chad, and three and a half weeks since making it to the airstrip of Tissi Paradise (as it's fondly known to its MSF inh
Between January and May 2013, tens of thousands of Darfuri refugees and Chadian returnees have fled violent clashes in Darfur and sought refuge into Tissi area, southeast of Chad. Conducted early May, a retrospective mortality survey published today by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reveals that 93...
