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Two MSF medical staff help a patient
Access to Healthcare

SOUTH SUDAN: MSF resumes critical medical activities in Yei County, Central Equatoria State

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has decided to resume activities in South Sudan’s Yei County, Central Equatoria State, following a suspension of over three months. Article - 6 Nov 2025
 
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Access to Healthcare

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) ordered to leave Libya within one month

In a context of increasing obstruction of NGO intervention, drastic cuts in international aid funding, and the reinforcement of European border policies in collaboration with the Libyan authorities, there are now no international NGOs providing medical care to refugees and migrants in western Libya. Article - 30 Oct 2025
 
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Natural Disasters

Hurricane Melissa

“We express our deep regret at the tragic loss of life and destruction caused by Hurricane Melissa, and our solidarity with everyone who has been affected. Article - 29 Oct 2025
 
Dr Javid ABDELMONEIM, International President of MSF
Gaza - Israel War

Open letter from our International President- Dr.Javid

I write to you as the International President of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), and as an emergency doctor who has worked in Gaza, to urge you to drastically and urgently increase the number of medical evacuations for people who cannot receive the care they need in Gaza. These evacuations should accompany a sustained effort to maintain the fragile ceasefire, which has been violated multiple times, and ensure a massive, unrestricted influx of humanitarian assistance. Article - 27 Oct 2025
 
South Sudan's Hidden Crisis: No services, Deep Stigma Around Mental Health
Mental Health

“I was sick, not a criminal”: Samat’s Story Highlights South Sudan’s Mental Health Crisis

Samat was restrained in June 2025 and taken to Malakal Central Prison, where he was placed in a small cell in the prison’s isolated section for those suffering from mental illness. Article - 21 Oct 2025
 
Patients wait at a corridor of the Rural hospital in Mocímboa da Praia, in Cabo Delgado. Mozambique, October 2024.
Access to medicines

MSF scales up medical response in Mueda as thousands are displaced again in northern Mozambique

Living conditions in the camps are also deteriorating, particularly due to limited access to safe water and sanitation. The situation is expected to worsen with the imminent onset of the rainy season and an increased risk of waterborne diseases. “Even if we don’t see many acute medical emergencies at the moment, health needs persist. The local health system is unable to cope with

the continuous arrival of people seeking safety, which puts pressure on already stretched resources,” says Pedro Basílio, MSF outreach supervisor.
Article - 17 Oct 2025
 
On the road to Libya, Dirkou, north-eastern Niger, 2017.
Mediterranean Migration

New MSF report highlights the harmful effects of ten years of outsourcing European borders

As a result of these blockages and longer routes, thousands of people lose their lives every year. Between 2015 and September 2025, at least 27,000 people lost their lives drowning in the Mediterranean, including more than 20,000 in the central Mediterranean, according to the International Organisation for Migration. Similarly, in Niger, migrant deaths increased fivefold between 2016 and 2017, when a law inspired by the European Union and criminalising the transport of migrants was enforced. Article - 17 Oct 2025
 
Retsat Dazang, MSF Somalia Mental Health Activity Manager
Mental Health

The Silent Queue in Somalia

Article - 10 Oct 2025
 
Mothers sit together during a mental health and psychosocial support session led by mental health promoters. Health workers guide discussions on coping with stress and caring for young children after displacement.
Mental Health

The Silent Queue in Somalia.

Many people describe poor sleep, constant worry, fear, low mood, and losing interest in daily life. Latest News - 9 Oct 2025
 
Women attend in a group therapy session organized by MSF at Sematat IDP Camp in Shire, located in the Tigray region of Ethiopia.
Mental Health

Life after conflict: Why mental health care in Tigray cannot wait

Gebreyohanes, who has physical injuries resulting from the conflict, now lives alone, as his family fled to Sudan; he has since lost contact with them. Latest News - 8 Oct 2025