In February, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) released the report “Beyond Cholera: Zimbabwe’s Worsening Crisis” to alert to the humanitarian crisis ravaging Zimbabwe, most visibly expressed by the unprecedented cholera outbreak, which claimed thousands of lives. Now, six months later, the cholera has...
Lifesaving healthcare provided to the community of Jilib in Lower Juba Valley, Somalia, is under threat following the looting of a clinic run by medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Armed men raided the MSF nutritional treatment centre earlier in the week, taking...
Intense conflict and violence continues to affect hundreds of thousands of civilians in the provinces of North and South Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The toll of sexual violence remains extremely high. Following clashes and brutal attacks on villages, people are...
Mboli (16) was abducted in January from his school along with 20 fellow students, including his brother, Muka, during an attack on his village in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). His village was just one of those targeted in a relentless series of attacks by Ugandan rebel...
After an MSF compound in Adé in the East of Chad on the border to Sudan had been robbed by armed assailants in the night of August 4 2009 one international and one national staff member were reported missing. While the Chadian colleague had returned safely on Friday, MSF is deeply concerned that...
MSF confirms that in the night of August 4 2009, one of the MSF compounds in Chad was robbed by armed assailants. After the robbery one international and one national staff member were reported missing. Currently we have no knowledge about their whereabouts. MSF is in contact with the families of...
An Interview with Dr. Christophe FOURNIER, President of MSF International Council In this interview, Dr. FOURNIER describes why a global response to the H1N1 pandemic must in the short term focus not only on vaccination, but on reducing mortality worldwide by emphasizing the identification and...
Four years after a comprehensive peace agreement ended the most overt warfare between the north and the south of Sudan there are still numerous unexploded ordnances (UXO) found in many parts of the country. These days all eyes are on Abyei with the border demarcation and the contested areas between...
