War and conflict
MSF statement – Omdurman market attack 1 Feb 2025
On the morning of 1 February, an RSF explosive hit a market in Omdurman, Khartoum state, causing a scene of devastation at the MSF supported Al Nao hospital as patients, dead bodies and family members arrived at the hospital. Article - 1 Feb 2025
Conflict in Sudan
Fleeing War, Seeking Hope: The Struggle for Survival in South Sudan’s Renk County
Since December 2024, escalating violence in Sudan’s Blue Nile region has forced over 110,000 people to flee their homes, leaving everything behind in search of safety. Article - 31 Jan 2025
Internally Displaced People
DRC: In Goma, MSF continues to receive casualties and appeals for humanitarian access
In Goma, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams continue to treat the influx of wounded at Kyeshero hospital, even though armed clashes and insecurity in recent days have severely limited their ability to operate. Article - 29 Jan 2025
Internally Displaced People
DRC: 3 questions on the intensification of the armed conflict in North and South Kivu
In recent weeks, the armed conflict 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. Article - 25 Jan 2025
Gaza - Israel War
MSF mourns the killing of its ninth colleague in Gaza
Bilal and his relatives, including his wife, seven children, sister and his elderly mother, were killed by an Israeli airstrike in December 2024. Article - 24 Jan 2025
Attacks on medical care
North Kivu: Masisi General Hospital hit again by gunfire: two MSF staff slightly injured
On Sunday 19 January, two Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) workers were slightly injured when a rocket hit the MSF garage next to the General Reference Hospital (HGR) in Masisi town, North Kivu. Article - 20 Jan 2025
Gaza - Israel War
Relief after temporary ceasefire: Immense scale-up of life-saving aid must flow into Gaza now
The temporary ceasefire agreement in Gaza is a relief, but it arrives more than 465 days and 46,000 lives too late. Article - 18 Jan 2025
Climate Emergency
Cyclone in Mayotte: “The State's response is much more about safety than health”
As another storm hits Mayotte a month after Cyclone Chido devastated the archipelago, Matthieu Chantrelle, Deputy Program Manager for MSF, takes stock of the French state relief effort and deplores the abandonment of slum dwellers, who have been left without water, food or medical care since then. Article - 17 Jan 2025
Internally Displaced People