2008

It's 3 March, Sunday. I'm in the MSF-France Juba guest house. I arrived here on 1 March, Friday afternoon. We have to take the cargo planes from Juba to Aweil. They are supposed to take the relief to different areas.
Hello! Finally, I'm flying to Africa this afternoon and will arrive Aweil by tomorrow afternoon.
In Sri Lanka, our teams are present at Point Pedro, in the Jaffna Peninsula, where the population is still isolated by the conflict. In spite of restrictions imposed by the governmental authorities, MSF pursues its activities in a region increasingly affected by war. The north of Sri Lanka remains...
MSF is extremely concerned by the fate of civilians remaining in targeted areas and requests unhindered access to these populations. From February 8th to February 10th, the Sudanese army, assisted by militias, launched a large offensive in North-West Darfur. This military offensive, one of the most...
One week after the fighting is over, things are slowing getting back to normal in N'Djamena. The streets are starting to fill again, even if many shops in the town centre remain closed. In the hospitals too, the worst of the crises has passed. At the peak of the fighting and during the days that...
Warning: The images contained in this slideshow may be upsetting to some viewers.
Cholera outbreaks are still on the increase in cities of Katanga province, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). So far, a total of 4,029 patients, of whom at least 97 died, have been reported by MSF's emergency teams in the cities of Lubumbashi and Likasi. "MSF can now treat the patients...
On Monday January 28th MSF OCA Somalia programme was shocked and horrified when we were notified of an explosion involving MSF vehicles in the town of Kismayo, Somalia. The brutal attack took place as the Kismayo team was leaving for lunch after another frantic but productive morning of emergency...
N'djamena : 70 wounded operated by MSF over the weekend in N'djamena, tens of thousands of people flee the city 70 wounded were treated by MSF in N'djamena over the weekend, but many hundreds of other wounded are reported to be in other hospitals in the city. Over the weekend, access to hospitals...
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