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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, healthcare exclusion and natural or man-made disasters. Today MSF works in more than 60 countries around the world.
At times, MSF may speak out publicly in an effort to bring a forgotten crisis to public attention, to alert the public to abuses occurring beyond the headlines, to criticise the inadequacies of the aid system, or to challenge the diversion of humanitarian aid for political interests.
Below you will find a selection of the latest news on MSF’s operations, campaigns and actions. For more information on MSF's activities, please visit www.msf.org.
South Sudan: MSF strongly condemns the armed robbery of its clinic in Pibor
Juba, 14 July 2017 — An armed robbery occurred at an MSF clinic in Pibor, South Sudan, during the early morning hours on Thursday, 13 July. Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF)...
Brutal end to a short life: killing of a baby at Hospital in CAR’s east
Amsterdam/Bangui – The merciless killing of a baby in a Hospital in Zemio, Central African Republic (CAR), where the medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières...
Mali: MSF warns about the use of humanitarian aid for political and military interests
Barcelona, 23 March, 2017. - The incursion of military and political actors in the humanitarian field is putting the provision of humanitarian aid at risk in Mali. This is the main conclusion of...
One year after the EU-Turkey deal: migrants and asylum seekers are paying the price with their health
14 March 2017 Athens / Brussels – One year after the EU-Turkey Deal, the international medical organization Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) released today a report to expose...
Syria: Warring groups must allow aid to population in need
AMMAN, March 13, 2017: Six years into the war in Syria, civilians continue to suffer as a result of a brutal conflict that has precipitated a complex humanitarian crises, with ever mounting suffering and...