MSF treats dozens wounded after attacks on markets and residential areas

“It is unacceptable that airstrikes take place in highly concentrated civilian areas where people are gathering and going about their daily lives, especially at a time such as Ramadan”, said Colette Gadenne, MSF Head of Mission in Yemen. Press Release - 7 Jul 2015

Afghanistan

MSF condemns violent armed intrusion in hospital in Kunduz

"We are shocked by this incident," says Dr Bart Janssens, MSF’s Director of Operations. "This serious event puts at risk the lives of thousands of people who rely on the centre for urgent care." Press Release - 3 Jul 2015

South Sudan

Distressing humanitarian situation in Upper Nile as civilians come under fire in Malakal shooting attack

Following a shooting incident in Malakal, Upper Nile state on 01 July 2015, directed at the Protection of Civilians (PoC) site Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) received 9 wounded patients, including women and the elderly at its hospital in the PoC. This adds to an already deteriorating humanitarian situation in the state over the last few weeks, which has left the civilian population constantly exposed to episodes of violence, increased numbers of wounded, further displacements, heightening rates of malnutrition and the risk of outbreaks. Statement - 2 Jul 2015

Mauritania

Malian refugees at risk of increased malnutrition following cancelled food distributions

“The timing of the gap in food distributions is all the more cruel because people are already fasting during daylight hours for the month of Ramadan, and now they have little food to break their fast at sunset,” said Maya Walet Mohamed, leader of the women’s committee in the camp. Press Release - 2 Jul 2015

Italy

“I had no idea how bad it would be. The journey to Europe was worse than what I left behind in Somalia.”

"I did not know how hard the journey would be. What I experienced reaching Europe was worse than what I left behind in Somalia." , says a Somali migrant arrived in Pozzallo, Sicily, after having endured a six-month ordeal in the hands of smugglers, travelling through Ethiopia, Sudan and Libya and finally crossing the Mediterranean in a small plastic dinghy. Voices from the Field - 2 Jul 2015

Mediterranean migration

From Eritrea to Mediterranean: "A Lot of Trouble"

On June 19, MSF rescued 345 people from a small boat on the Mediterranean. One man described the journey from Eritrea, through Sudan and Libya. Project Update - 2 Jul 2015

Libya

The challenge of medical aid

“We had a lot of problems delivering all these drugs and medical supplies,” says Dr. Anne-Marie Pegg, MSF’s head of mission in Libya. “It was a challenge to find an airplane that transports freight to Libya. And then road transport is very dangerous because of the insecurity in both the east and the west.” Voices from the Field - 1 Jul 2015

Yemen

The crisis in Yemen

First published in the International Activity Report 2015 Report - 1 Jul 2015

Global

A Year in Review | 2015

2015 International Activity Report: The Year in Review Report - 1 Jul 2015

Bosnia-Herzegovina

MSF releases case study that reveals the organisation’s dilemmas to position itself in the face of the Srebrenica events

Twenty years after the events that followed the fall of Srebrenica’s Muslim enclave, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is publishing for the first time the case study ‘MSF and Srebrenica 1993–2003’. Report - 1 Jul 2015

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