Central African Republic: “MSF treats nearly 20,000 sexual violence survivors in five years, and this is only the tip of the iceberg”
October 24, 2023Bangui, 19 October 2023.- Between 2018 and 2022, Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) treated more than 19,500 survivors of sexual violence in the Central African Republic (CAR), according to a report released by the international medical humanitarian...
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CAR: MSF vaccinates thousands of children after arrival of refugees from Sudan
July 19, 2023This vaccination campaign against measles and other diseases is part of the emergency response launched by the medical organization in the town of Birao, in northern Central African Republic, where refugees from Sudan have been relocated. A Sudanese girl is...
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CAR: “Everyone arrives exhausted from Sudan, and many children are ill”
June 9, 2023In recent weeks, thousands of people fleeing the conflict in Sudan have sought refuge in northern Central African Republic (CAR). Issa Moussa, deputy head of mission for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), is coordinating MSF’s emergency response in Birao. Moussa...
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Central African Republic: Repeated attacks on medical care leave people vulnerable to disease and death
July 20, 2021Relentless attacks on patients, health staff and medical facilities in the Central African Republic (CAR) during a countrywide surge in violence are forcing the suspension of medical activities and seriously constraining people’s access to healthcare, says international medical organisation Médecins...
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Central African Republic: Killings and Threats in Hospitals Must Stop
December 9, 2013New York/Paris, December 9, 2013—After deadly attacks and threats inside hospitals in the Central African Republic capital of Bangui, the international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today called on all parties to the conflict to allow...
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Central African Republic: Hundreds Wounded and Thousands Displaced in Bangui
December 7, 2013DECEMBER 7, 2013—Following violence in Bangui on December 5, hundreds of people are wounded, and thousands have fled, regrouping in several sites around the city. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is expanding activities to continue to treat the wounded...
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Central African Republic: Dozens Killed and Injured in Bangui Violence
December 5, 2013MSF Teams Treating Scores of Wounded in City Hospitals BANGUI, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, DECEMBER 5, 2013—Violent armed clashes in the Central African Republic (CAR) capital of Bangui early this morning caused dozens of casualties, including numerous deaths. Teams from the...
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Central African Republic: New Fighting Adds to Massive Crisis
November 26, 2013SF Renews Call for Increased Humanitarian Response to Ongoing Crisis New York, November 26, 2013—A massive humanitarian crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR) is growing even more severe, as fighting and threats against civilians near the town of Bouca...
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CAR: Tens of Thousands Flee Attacks and Killings
October 16, 2013NEW YORK, OCTOBER 16, 2013—Tens of thousands of people have fled a new wave of attacks and ruthless killings by armed groups and government forces in northwestern Central African Republic (CAR), the international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans...
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Central African Republic: 9,000 children vaccinated against measles, polio in Gadzi
October 7, 2013About nine thousand children from seriously afflicted Central African Republic are now protected against measles and polio, following the emergency intervention in Gadzi, north-eastern Central African Republic, which started in August after Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams...
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MSF Denounces the Targeting of Civilians in a New Wave of Violence in CAR
September 16, 2013The medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) denounces the targeting of civilian populations in a new wave of violence that erupted recently in Bouca, roughly 180 miles north of Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic (CAR)....
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Central African Republic Abandoned to its Fate
July 9, 2013BANGUI, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC/NEW YORK, July 9, 2013—Three months after a coup in Central African Republic (CAR), the country remains gripped by a humanitarian emergency made worse as the international community looks on with indifference, the international medical humanitarian organization...
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