Stories & News

West Bank

In recent weeks we have observed an escalation of extreme violence occurring in the West Bank, Palestine, particularly in Jenin, Tulkarem and Tubas, since the ceasefire was implemented in Gaza. Brice de la Vingne, emergency unit coordinator for MSF, provides an update on the situation.

Food distribution
03 Feb 2025

International donors, the UN, Sudan’s warring parties and their allies must act now to prevent even more avoidable deaths from malnutrition in Sudan, as the already catastrophic situation is expected to worsen this year.

MSF flag
03 Feb 2025

On the morning of 1 February, an RSF explosive struck a market in Omdurman, Khartoum State (Sudan), causing devastation at the MSF-supported Al Nao Hospital as patients, bodies, and grieving family members arrived.

DRC

MSF teams are treating an influx of wounded people arriving at Kyeshero hospital in Goma, DRC, following the armed clashes and insecurity that have hit the city in recent days

gynaecologist talks to midwives and sisters
29 Jan 2025

“I told my husband I would not survive childbirth again, because I have diabetes,” shares Negah Abdallah Ali, who has just delivered her healthy baby, Ashraf, at the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) maternity ward at the Mocha General hospital.

A woman and child stand near a rail line in Veracruz, Mexico.

The recent executive orders on migration from the United States' administration leave hundreds of thousands of people along the Latin American migration corridor in even greater uncertainty, exposed to heightened risks on a route already marked by extreme violence.

Man cleaning the rubble inside the Emirati hospital in Rafah city, southern Gaza, Palestine.
28 Jan 2025

After 15 months of Israel’s war on Gaza and the implementation of the ceasefire on 19 January 2025, displaced Palestinians are attempting to return home to what remains of the southern city of Rafah. 

On the road

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. 

MSF flag Rafah
27 Jan 2025

Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is devastated to report the death of Bilal Okal, our colleague killed by Israeli forces in Jabalia, North Gaza, along with 10 of his family members. Bilal is the ninth MSF team member to be killed in Gaza since the escalation on 7 October 2023.

Mozambique
23 Jan 2025

As part of an emergency response to the devastating storm in Mozambique, MSF is providing psychological support to survivors to cope with their distress and to overwhelmed health professionals.