DRC: Bringing care to the people in Goma
February 28, 2025Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo- With the intense fighting around Goma at the end of January and the takeover of the city by the M23/AFC, most of the IDP camps and sites - where hundreds of thousands of people had been living...
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DRC: Statement following the passing away of our colleague Jerry Kavali
February 22, 2025It is with great sadness that we are sharing the news of the passing of our colleague, Jerry Muhindo Kavali, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). He died today from the gunshot wound he suffered while at the Médecins Sans Frontières...
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Democratic Republic of Congo: MSF staff member critically injured in Masisi town after shots hit MSF base
February 21, 2025Kinshasa/Goma/Brussels, 20 February 2025 – A staff member from international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has been critically injured after shots hit the MSF base in Masisi town, in Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu province, on...
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Three questions on the intensification of the armed conflict in North and South Kivu
January 28, 2025In recent weeks, the armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), between the M23/AFC and the Congolese army, backed by their allies, has flared up again in the province of North Kivu and spread to the neighbouring province of South Kivu....
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DRC: MSF has and continues to treat more than two victims of sexual violence per hour
October 3, 2024Amsterdam/Barcelona/Brussels/Geneva/Paris – In a new retrospective report, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reveals that – together with the Ministry of Health – we had treated an unprecedented number of victims and survivors of sexual violence in Democratic Republic of Congo in 2023....
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Ebola: Vaccination during epidemic reduces risk of developing disease by 84%
August 22, 2024Published in the Lancet Infectious Disease, a study has revealed that 10 days after vaccination, the risk of developing Ebola is reduced by 84 per cent in vaccinated people compared to non-vaccinated people. The study analysed data collected during the...
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MSF responds to WHO declaring mpox a public health emergency of international concern
August 17, 2024DRC/Geneva, 16 August 2024 – On 13 August 2024, the Africa CDC declared the mpox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security. Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) recognised the Africa CDC’s declaration and were relieved that the World...
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DRC: Five Questions about the Mpox Outbreak
August 17, 2024In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Mpox cases have been on the rise for more than two years. However, the situation has worsened in recent months, with a surge in the number of people affected, a mutation leading to...
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DRC: Why measles remains a mass killer
July 8, 2024MSF is responding to a new measles outbreak in DR Congo, where ensuring complete vaccination in remote equatorial forests is a formidable logistical challenge.Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières(MSF) teams in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are responding to a new measles outbreak in the...
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DRC: Civilians caught in crossfire in the Kivus
May 27, 2024Marie Brun is an emergency coordinator for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Goma, in the province of North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. She provides an update on the intensification of fighting between several armed groups, including the M23, and...
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DRC: Violence by armed groups has exacerbated the nutritional situation in Masisi territory
October 27, 2023Since the beginning of the year, an average of 800 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition have been admitted each month for treatment to hospitals in Mweso and Masisi, almost double that of the previous year. This alarming situation is...
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Clean water: a scarce resource for displaced people around Goma
August 14, 2023Access to clean water is a major challenge for the hundreds of thousands of displaced people who have been surviving for months in makeshift camps located on the outskirts of Goma. Due to the contagion of waterborne diseases such as...
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