Since December 2006, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been working in the slum of Martissant, in the capital city of Port-au-Prince, to assist a population that is heavily affected by the violence between different armed groups. The medical team has an emergency room where they stabilize the...
Mount Elgon is a volcano in the western part of Kenya, on the border with Uganda. This area has been the scene of violent clashes since mid-2006. Tens of thousands have been displaced, and people remain in great need and in suffering. Jérôme : The population of Mount Elgon has been stuck in a...
Malnutrition increases drastically as assistance dwindles The people of Somalia are currently facing a massive humanitarian crisis with unmet critical medical needs. In May alone, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams working in the Mogadishu suburbs of Hawa Abdi and Afgooye treated more than 2,500...
An estimated 800 ethnic Lao Hmong refugees were forcibly returned to Laos by the Thai government on Sunday, June 22, and the Thai authorities have stated publicly that they intend to proceed in the coming days with further repatriations to Laos from among the remaining 6,700 refugees in the Huai...
In response to rainstorms and floods that have ravaged nine provinces across southern China, the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) began providing relief items to the affected population in collaboration with the Chinese authorities. Since the start of...
On the occasion of the presentation of its report "No Choice", MSF calls for an increase in assistance to refugees and migrants fleeing from war and hunger Thousands of Somali and Ethiopian risk their lives every year to cross the Gulf of Aden to escape from conflict and extreme poverty. The trip...
The international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling for an immediate increase in assistance for the people of Mount Elgon in western Kenya, and an end to the indiscriminate violence they have been enduring for almost two years. Since August 2006, the...
One month ago, violence against foreign nationals in South Africa erupted in parts of Gauteng, Western Cape, and Kwa-Zulu Natal Province leading to the displacement of more than 80,000 people across the country, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Initially, tens...
