Sudan: “The hospital is rapidly running out of medical supplies to treat survivors”
April 20, 2023Dr Ghazali Babiker, country director for MSF in Sudan, shares his account of the current humanitarian emergency.Everywhere in the country, and especially in Khartoum, Darfur, North Kordofan and Gedaref states, our teams face serious challenges. Our premises in Nyala, South...
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Sudan: MSF supports 183 wounded in North Darfur; medical teams and wounded trapped as intense fighting continues
April 18, 2023Since Saturday 15 April, intense fighting has been taking place between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Khartoum and other parts of Sudan. Many people, including healthcare workers, are currently trapped. Where we are...
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Catastrophic floods cause mass displacement and an escalating humanitarian crisis in South Sudan
December 21, 2022A small makeshift raft made from plastic sheeting and filled with dry grass is drifting along the Nile River’s current, on it sits an entire family of eight – the youngest just a baby. Where they will end up is...
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Sudan: MSF uses camels and donkeys to reach remote mountain villages in Darfur
June 1, 2021“The situation here was very difficult: the community in Dilli village had no access to healthcare for several years” says Mohamed Abdallah Juma, a community leader from Dilli, located in the mountainous Jebel Marra area of Sudan’s Darfur region. A rocky journey...
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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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Sudan: MSF providing medical care and assistance in Sudan to people fleeing violence in Ethiopia
November 27, 2020On 4 November, Ethiopia’s prime minister ordered military action against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) in the Tigray region, in northern Ethiopia, following an attack on a military base. The escalating conflict is now affecting hundreds of thousands of people,...
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