Gaza - Israel War
MSF Briefing to the UN Security Council on the Situation in Gaza
Christopher Lockyear, MSF secretary general's speech at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) demanding for an immediate and sustained ceasefire in Gaza and the protection of medical facilities, staff and patients. Speech - 22 Feb 2024
Gaza - Israel War
MSF strongly condemns Israeli attack on Al-Mawasi shelter, killing two family members of an MSF colleague and injuring six
MSF condemns in the strongest possible terms the killing of two MSF staff family members during an Israeli offensive on Al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, Gaza. Six other people were injured in the attack. Article - 21 Feb 2024
Mediterranean Migration
A normalisation of violence against refugees and migrants has taken root
Current EU proposals continue to draw on narratives of crisis and migrants as a “threat” to justify actions which limit or suspend their obligation towards people seeking safety. Project Update - 21 Feb 2024
Refugees, migration and displacement
South Sudan: MSF calls for urgent response in Renk and Bulukat transit sites to prevent deadly outbreaks
A humanitarian crisis is escalating in Bulukat and Renk, two of the busiest transit sites in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state. Thousands of people who escaped the conflict in Sudan are desperately short of essentials including clean water, food, shelter and healthcare. Article - 21 Feb 2024
Gaza - Israel War
Gaza: MSF calls for the protection and safe evacuation of patients from Nasser hospital
Some 130 patients and at least 15 healthcare workers are still in the hospital with no electricity or running water and limited food, according to the United Nations, who say they have managed to transfer 32 patients in critical condition and are trying to evacuate the rest in the coming days. Article - 20 Feb 2024
War and conflict
Chad: Almost one year on, people fleeing Sudan’s violence continue to face an insufficient humanitarian response
Since the start of the war in Sudan 1.6 million people have fled the country seeking safety, including an estimated 610,000 who have crossed into Chad. Almost a year on in the Sila region, eastern Chad, almost 92,000 people, most of them Chadian returnees, continue to survive in very precarious conditions, putting a strain on overstretched resources that were already barely meeting the needs of the host community. Article - 20 Feb 2024
Natural disasters
MSF reports on two-month emergency flood response in Garissa, Kenya
During the onset of floods in Garissa county in December 2023, MSF responded in Garissa Township by providing medical services and WASH interventions to the people displaced from their homes. Since then, critical needs have been managed and MSF will end its emergency response in Garissa on 15th February 2024. Project Update - 15 Feb 2024
Gaza - Israel War
In war-torn Gaza, displaced people forced to evacuate Nasser hospital have nowhere to go
MSF strongly condemns the decision by Israeli Forces to issue an evacuation order to thousands of displaced people sheltering inside Nasser Hospital, the biggest hospital in Khan Yunis. Statement - 15 Feb 2024
War and conflict
The healing hands of Sudan: A Sudanese doctor's account
“As a doctor, I am here to save lives, yet I am constantly haunted by the question of how to fulfil this duty in the absence of sufficient resources and personnel…” Stories from the Frontline - 14 Feb 2024
War and Conflict