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South Sudan: MSF condemns armed robbery and burning of MSF vehicles near Yei

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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly condemns the brazen armed robbery of one of its medical teams and the burning of two of its vehicles on the road outside of Yei, South Sudan, during the morning of February 28, 2022. Due to this incident, MSF has had to immediately suspend its movements to support […]

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War in Ukraine

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Fighting in Ukraine has killed or injured thousands of people, while more than 6.5 million refugees have fled to neighbouring countries. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are working to deliver emergency medical assistance to people still in Ukraine, as well as those now seeking safety in neighbouring countries.  The situation is extremely volatile and we have witnessed […]

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Mozambique: Attacks and violence in Cabo Delgado displace thousands as cyclone season begins

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A recent surge in violence in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province has displaced thousands of people already affected by five years of conflict. Mozambique is one of the countries most at risk of extreme weather events, with an annual tropical storm cycle that leaves people with little time to recover between storms. On top of that, […]

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Niger: Working with the community to alleviate hospitals

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In September 2018, nurse Awa Abou Amadou was working at the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) paediatric unit in Magaria in southern Niger. It was her most challenging experience as a nurse. “We used to admit around 140 children a day. It wasn’t easy,” she says. Among other nurses and medical personnel, she worked […]

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Yemen: Thousands desperate for help in conflict-hit Marib

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“We don’t have blankets to cover ourselves,” says Aafia, one of thousands internally displaced people sheltering in Yemen’s Marib governorate. “My children have no warm clothes and I don’t have enough food to feed them. I don’t have a house made of bricks; it’s only a tent, which doesn’t even stop the wind during cold […]

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Jordan: MSF ends on one of its largest interventions in the country

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On January 26, 2022, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) closed the chapter on one of its largest interventions in response to the health and humanitarian needs of Syrian refugees in Jordan.  MSF’s response to the Syrian refugee crises in Jordan started in 2013, by opening an emergency surgical hospital in Ramtha to treat war-wounded patients […]

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Sudan: “Unacceptable” detention of MSF medical team in Khartoum

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  Nine Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff members were detained by the Sudanese authorities in the capital Khartoum on the evening of January 24, 2021, before being released the following morning. At the time of their detention, our team was returning to the MSF office from the hospital where they had been working […]

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Poland: Voices from the Polish civil society at the border with Belarus

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As aid organizations and volunteer groups are prevented from accessing the Polish side of the Belarus border zone, residents of the restricted areas and those living close to it are the only people who can reach those in need, although for them providing such assistance is also considered illegal. Helping these women, children and men […]

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