As Israeli forces resume and expand their military offensive by air, ground and sea on the Gaza Strip, Palestine, forcibly displacing people and deliberately blocking essential aid, Palestinian lives are once again being systematically destroyed, warns Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF). 

Christopher Lockyear, Secretary General of MSF, briefed the United Nations Security Council today on the humanitarian catastrophe caused by war in Sudan, calling for an end to violence against civilians and a new commitment to deliver lifesaving aid. 

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.

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.”