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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‘A war on people’ – MSF report reveals catastrophic toll of violence in Sudan
July 22, 2024Amsterdam, 22 July 2024 - The war in Sudan has led to a collapse in the protection of civilians with communities facing indiscriminate violence, killings, torture and sexual violence amid persistent attacks on health workers and medical facilities according to...
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Sudan: MSF suspends delivery of care in Khartoum’s Turkish hospital
July 11, 2024Nairobi – After over a year of violent incidents both inside and outside the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)-supported Turkish Hospital in Khartoum, Sudan – including threats made against the lives of MSF staff – MSF has taken the decision to evacuate our team from...
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Sudan war is exacerbating humanitarian needs in neighbouring South Sudan, warns MSF
June 19, 202418 June 2024, Juba – The ongoing war in Sudan is drastically increasing people’s needs across the border in South Sudan, alerts international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) today. MSF calls for an immediate scale-up of lifesaving...
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Sudan: One by One, Hospitals are Damaged and Closed in El Fasher as Fighting Rages and People Flee
June 14, 202413 June, 2024 - Since May 10, El Fasher has seen intense fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Joint Forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). As the conflict continues to ravage El Fasher, the city’s hospitals are...
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Need knows no difference between refugees and Sudanese host communities: This is Um Rakuba
June 5, 2024Imagine the scene: a busy refugee camp in El Gedaref state, on the edge of eastern Sudan, close to the Ethiopian border. This is Um Rakuba, where people in desperate need of medical care wait patiently for their turn at...
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Sudan: No Place Is Safe from Violent Fighting in El Fasher as Hospitals are Repeatedly Hit
May 28, 2024Hospitals hit and death toll soars as violent fighting engulfs El Fasher, Sudan, leaving nowhere safe in the city; MSF calls urgently for protection of civilians, health workers and health structures. El Fasher, Sudan, 27 May 2024 – The intense,...
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From bombs to desolate halls: MSF responds to people displaced in Zalingei, Sudan, without assistance
May 20, 2024The war in Sudan has caused massive devastation and one of the world's largest displacement crises. After heavy fighting between Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) started in the Darfur region, most humanitarian actors evacuated – and...
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Sudan: Bomb puts El Fasher paediatric hospital out of action amid intense escalation: two children killed
May 13, 2024Two children who were receiving care in MSF's intensive care unit at Babiker Nahar Paediatric Hospital died after an airstrike on 11 May led to a roof collapse. At least one caregiver has also died. On the evening of Saturday...
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In Sudan, “the needs are growing by the day, but the response is deeply inadequate”
April 9, 2024The following statement from Dr Christos Christou, International President, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), outlines the dire situation for people caught up in the war in Sudan ahead of the first anniversary of the start of the conflict. “Sudan is one of the...
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Displaced by war, people in eastern Sudan urgently need food, water and shelter
March 22, 2024Following the outbreak of war in Sudan in April 2023, close to 190,000 people have been displaced in the country’s Kassala state alone up until February 2024. Among them are approximately 40,000 people who fled recent violence in Al-Jazeera state. The plight of internally displaced people in...
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Chad-Sila Region: Almost one year on, people fleeing Sudan’s violence continue to face an insufficient humanitarian response
February 20, 2024N'Djamena, 19 February, 2024- Since the start of the war in Sudan 1.6 million people have fled the country seeking safety, including an estimated 610,000 1 who have crossed into Chad. Almost a year on in the Sila region, eastern...
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