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
MSF launches emergency intervention in North Kivu, eastern DRC amid fighting
In December 2024, fighting between the Congolese armed forces and the M23 armed group resumed in Lubero territory, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The fighting has led to major population movements to the north and south of the front line, which is approaching the town of Lubero. Article - 16 Jan 2025
Attacks on medical care
South Sudan: MSF Strongly Condemns Armed Attack on its Healthcare Workers in Nasir County
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly condemns the armed attack on two of its clearly marked boats on the afternoon of Wednesday, 15 January 2025 in Upper Nile State, South Sudan. Article - 16 Jan 2025
Maternal Health
"Delivering hope, one baby at a time" – A midwife’s voice from a refugee camp in eastern Chad
My name is Solange Ahidjo, I’m 26, and I am a midwife working at MSF maternity unit in Aboutengue camp in eastern Chad since January 2024—this marks my first-year anniversary with MSF. Article - 15 Jan 2025
Sexual and Gender Based Violence
Haiti: A call to support survivors of sexual violence
Article - 13 Jan 2025
Climate Emergency