Sudan: MSF condemns a despicable attack on its ambulance in El Fasher, killing one passenger
January 13, 2025On January 10, an MSF ambulance was shot at in El Fasher, North Darfur, by an unknown gunman while referring a female patient in labor requiring emergency surgical procedure from MSF field hospital in Zamzam camp to Saudi Hospital in...
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Sudan: MSF denounces violent attacks leading to suspension of activities at key Khartoum hospital
January 10, 2025Khartoum/Brussels Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) strongly condemns ongoing violent attacks on patients and staff at Bashair Teaching Hospital, located in a Rapid Support Forces-controlled area of Khartoum. Despite extensive engagements with all stakeholders, these attacks have continued in...
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Sudan: MSF Condemns RSF Violent Attack on Bashair Teaching Hospital in Khartoum
December 23, 2024Khartoum, December 20, 2024 - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly condemns the violent incursion by Rapid Support Forces (RSF) into the emergency room of Bashair Teaching Hospital in South Khartoum on 18 December. The attackers fired weapons inside the emergency...
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Sudan: 16% of war-wounded patients at South Khartoum Hospital are children
November 18, 2024KHARTOUM/BRUSSELS Approximately one in six war-wounded patients treated at the Bashair Teaching Hospital in south Khartoum since January 2024 have been under the age of 15, medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today. Many suffered gunshot, blast and shrapnel...
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Sudan: Echoes of Darfur
November 5, 2024In Darfur, Sudan, the conflict spanning nearly two decades has escalated dramatically in the past 18 months, uprooting millions. With over 7.9 million internally displaced and 2 million more seeking refuge in countries like Chad, refugees describe their new reality...
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Sudan: Supply blockade forces MSF to stop care for 5,000 malnourished children in North Darfur
October 10, 2024Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been forced to stop outpatient treatment for 5,000 children with acute malnutrition in Zamzam displacement camp in North Darfur, Sudan, because the warring parties have blocked deliveries of food, medicines and other essential...
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Sudan: The world’s collective failure on Sudan couldn’t be clearer
September 29, 2024The Sudanese people cannot afford for the international community to delay taking concrete steps to dramatically improve humanitarian access and the protection of civilians in Sudan, said Dr. Tammam Aloudat, president of the board of Doctors Without Borders /Médecins Sans Frontières...
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MSF report: Pregnant women and children dying in shocking numbers in South Darfur
September 25, 2024Nyala/ Amsterdam, 25 September - One of the worst maternal and child health emergencies in the world is unfolding in South Darfur, Sudan, according to a report released by Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF). Pregnant, birthing, and postpartum women,...
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Sudan: MSF calls for quick response, unrestricted access as cholera poses latest peril
September 12, 2024A cholera outbreak is gripping across central and eastern Sudan bringing yet more risk, death and misery to people already bruised by the country’s brutal war. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) emergency teams are supporting by treating patients and providing water...
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Sudan: 500 Days of war and a failing humanitarian response as medical needs soar
August 27, 2024Today marks 500 days since Sudan began enduring its worst humanitarian crisis yet. This is a shameful moment for international humanitarian organisations and donors, who for over 16 months have failed to provide an adequate response to the country’s escalating...
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Sudan: Sudanese children in Adré transit camp open their hearts
August 6, 2024MSF has been running an emergency response in Eastern Chad for a year to address the medical and humanitarian needs of refugees who fled Sudan after the outbreak of war. Since the conflict began in April 2023 till June this...
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A war on people: The human cost of conflict and violence in Sudan
July 22, 2024EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE MSF REPORT ON VIOLENCE IN SUDAN The consequences of over a year of full-blown conflict on the health and wellbeing of people in Sudan are disastrous. The population has faced horrendous levels of violence, succumbing to widespread...
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