A person has been shot dead at a hospital where Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders works in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Armed looting has forced Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders to suspend services at the only functioning health facility in Ulang.

Armed looting has forced Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders to suspend services at the only functioning health facility in Ulang.

On 28 March 2025, a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar, devastating the regions of Mandalay, Naypyidaw, Sagaing, and Shan State. As of 8 April, official figures reported over 3,600 deaths, more than 5,000 people injured, and an estimated 17 million individuals affected—many severely. 

On 28 March 2025, a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar, devastating the regions of Mandalay, Naypyidaw, Sagaing, and Shan State. As of 8 April, official figures reported over 3,600 deaths, more than 5,000 people injured, and an estimated 17 million individuals affected—many severely. 

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has been providing surgical care for more than 40 years. Our highly skilled surgeons, anaesthetists, and obstetrician-gynaecologists contribute to treating patients affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters and lack of access to healthcare.

They attacked in the morning. “We ran to escape,” says a woman who had been caring for her children and a sick mother who could not walk. A harrowing journey to the relative safety of the Nuba range of South Kordofan followed. “I carried my mother on a donkey cart. When we were near the mountains, we stopped to bury her. My two brothers were shot and killed.”

They attacked in the morning. “We ran to escape,” says a woman who had been caring for her children and a sick mother who could not walk. A harrowing journey to the relative safety of the Nuba range of South Kordofan followed. “I carried my mother on a donkey cart. When we were near the mountains, we stopped to bury her. My two brothers were shot and killed.”

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has been providing surgical care for more than 40 years. Our highly skilled surgeons, anaesthetists, and obstetrician-gynaecologists contribute to treating patients affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters and lack of access to healthcare.

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders is withdrawing from an emergency centre and hospital in Port-au-Prince following a targeted attack on one of its convoys.