Ethiopia: Providing assistance to people in Ethiopia and Sudan in wake of Tigray violence
January 13, 2021Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia after fighting broke out in early November 2020, according to OCHA [1]. Some 50,000 people have crossed into Sudan as refugees, while many...
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Palestine: “For one year no one came here” to provide medical care in the West Bank
January 6, 2021Approximately 300,000 Palestinians that live in small dispersed communities in the West Bank, Palestine, face barriers to accessing healthcare. This is because more than half of the West Bank is under an ‘Area C’ designation, meaning it is under direct Israeli...
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Central African Republic: MSF provides care in post-election attacks in Bangassou
January 4, 2021On Sunday 3 January, the coalition of non-state armed groups attacked and took control of Bangassou, a town in the southeast of the Central African Republic (CAR), on the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).During the day, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins...
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Syria: People in Idlib race to flee airstrikes as ‘safe’ area shrinks
February 19, 2020In northwest Syria, airstrikes combined with a ground offensive conducted by Syrian government forces and their Russian allies have triggered a huge wave of displacement in the last opposition-held area in the country. With towns and camps west of Aleppo hit by shelling...
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Syria: Advancing frontlines, mass exodus and reduced access to hospitals in Idlib
January 31, 2020The military offensive carried out by the government of Syria and its allies in southern Idlib continues, worsening an already critical situation for the population in northwest Syria. In the space of two months (December 2019 and January 2020), nearly...
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DRC: Extra humanitarian assistance urgently needed in southern North Kivu crisis
December 16, 2019KINSHASA – For years, the territories of Masisi, Walikale and Rutshuru, in the southern part of North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, have been plagued with armed violence and banditry. In the past months, these armed clashes have intensified, further aggravating the...
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Yemen: MSF hospital partially destroyed in Mocha attack
November 7, 2019SANA’A – On Wednesday evening, an aerial attack in Mocha, southwestern Yemen, partially destroyed a hospital run by Médecins Sans Frontières, when the aerial attack hit the surrounding buildings, including a military warehouse. At the time of the attack, around 30 patients...
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Northeast Syria: MSF forced to evacuate staff due to extreme volatility in the region
October 14, 2019AMSTERDAM/NORTHEAST SYRIA - Following the launch of Turkish military operations and the extremely volatile situation in northeast Syria, Doctors without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has taken the difficult decision to suspend the majority of our activities and evacuate all our international staff...
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Syria: Beyond trauma injuries, one of Syria’s neglected health needs
September 18, 2019Bombing, shelling and fear have escalated over the past months in Idlib governorate (northwest Syria), and nobody escapes the effects entirely. But for some people, additional health issues make life even more challenging. There are also people willing to make...
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Iraq: Mosul’s expectant mothers just can’t wait
September 11, 2019It’s 2016 and the battle for Mosul has just begun, with Iraqi forces sweeping through Mosul from the east. Street by street, a city that has been under the control of the Islamic State (IS) group for over two years...
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Yemen: MSF admits 51 wounded casualties within a few hours amid chaos in Aden
August 29, 2019Wednesday 28 August saw heavy fighting in Aden between various armed groups, principally forces loyal to President Hadi opposing the southern separatist movement. In the space of a few hours, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières’ teams admitted 51 wounded casualties....
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War and conflict
February 6, 2019Around one-third of our humanitarian and medical assistance is for populations caught in armed conflict. Armed conflict devastates lives. Targeted, harassed and caught in hardship and poverty, people are forced into flight or live under siege and face indiscriminate attacks....
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