“Since more than 400 days, we didn’t hear any kind of celebration, singing, dancing. Gaza, yesterday at night, started to celebrate, to sing, children in the streets, you can hear them singing songs.” My colleague, Mohammed Abu Mughaisib, a physician who works for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Gaza, said these words after […]
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is devastated to report the death of Bilal Okal, our colleague killed by Israeli forces in Jabalia, North Gaza, along with 10 of his family members. Bilal and his relatives, including his wife, seven children, his sister and his elderly mother, were killed by an Israeli airstrike in December […]
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“My name is Rachida Mahamat. I am a Sudanese refugee in eastern Chad. Since the beginning of my pregnancy, I have been attending antenatal consultations with the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) team in Aboutengue camp. I visited the clinic five times and was given information about the progress of my pregnancy. I was […]
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Mustafa Hassan Abu Hamada and his family were living in Jabalia camp in northern Gaza during the recent brutal Israeli military siege, which has left the city completely destroyed and killed and injured countless civilians, including Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff. “People in front of us tried to escape at the Al-Awda junction, […]
Mary* is a three-year-old girl who comes to the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital with severe burns. Her grandmother, who brought her, tells us Mary fell into a bucket of hot water. The burns cover her arms, chest and part of her head. The first time I see her, she is crying in […]
On Sunday, Jan. 19, two Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) workers were slightly injured when a rocket hit the MSF garage next to the Masisi General Referral Hospital (HGR) in the town of Masisi, North Kivu. On the same day, another rocket hit a latrine near the hospital. The hospital and the MSF staff […]
The temporary ceasefire agreement in Gaza is a relief, but it arrives more than 465 days and 46,000 lives too late. While this temporary cessation of fighting and bombing must be both respected and long-term, this is only the beginning in addressing the immense humanitarian, psychological, and medical needs in Gaza. Israel must immediately end […]
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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly condemns the armed attack on two of our clearly marked boats on the afternoon of Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, in Upper Nile State, South Sudan. The boats carrying six of our team members were sailing on the river back to Ulang after delivering essential medical supplies to Nasir […]
The announcement of a possible ceasefire, which has yet to be signed and implemented, is a vital respite, though it comes tragically late – after immense suffering and countless lives lost. While we are waiting for its implementation, we call for this fragile relief to be more than a pause; so that people can rebuild […]
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In recent days, the Masisi Territory of North Kivu province has been the scene of major clashes between the armed group M23/AFC and the Congolese army, backed by allied elements. These clashes have led to large population movements in the area – some 102,000 people in less than a week, according to United Nations Office […]