Mozambique: MSF ends emergency response in Chiure after mass displacement

Monday 15 September 2025 – Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) teams have concluded an emergency response in Chiure—a town in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province—as most of the 50,000 people seeking refuge in the town after fleeing violence in the region in late July have returned home. However, recurring violent incidents continue to displace people … Read more

Pakistan: A clinic’s vital role in the conflict-torn Tirah valley

In a Pakistan valley marked by conflict, one clinic offers critical support to thousands returning to damaged homes After more than a decade of being displaced from their homes by conflict, people have been returning to Tirah Valley, a mountainous area in the northwest of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, near the Afghan border. Families have … Read more

Sudan: Deadly attacks across Darfur leave nearly 100 wounded people in MSF-supported facilities

Port Sudan, 11 September 2025 – Following a series of attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), 99 wounded patients, including women and children, arrived at Médecins Sans Frontières-supported health facilities across North, Central, and South Darfur in Sudan, on 10 September. Four people across the facilities were declared … Read more

Batangafo: Delivering vaccines by motorbike and canoe

In Batangafo, Ouham-Fafa prefecture, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) collaborates with the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) to carry out routine and catch-up vaccination campaigns. Despite major logistical and security challenges, the teams manage to reach the most isolated children living in remote and hard-to-reach areas, ensuring their protection against diseases that are easily preventable … Read more

Risk of ethnic cleansing in the West Bank: Israeli forces and settlers are forcing Palestinians from their land and livelihoods

September 3rd, Jerusalem – Palestinians are facing forced mass displacement across the West Bank by Israeli forces and settlers, significantly heightening the risk of ethnic cleansing in the occupied territory, warns Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). More than at any point in its 36-year history of providing medical and psychological care in Palestine, MSF sees how … Read more

Javid Abdelmoneim starts as new MSF International President

Geneva – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has chosen Dr Mohamed Javid Abdelmoneim as our new International President. He begins his three-year mandate, following his election by representatives at MSF’s highest governance body, the International General Assembly, held on 27 June in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Dr Javid is a Sudanese Iranian emergency medicine doctor, with extensive … Read more

Yemen: Acute watery diarrhoea surge puts people at risk in Ibb and Al-Hodeidah

As Yemen continues to endure one of the world’s longest-running humanitarian crises, the recent spike in acute watery diarrhoea cases in Ibb and Al-Hodeidah governorates has once again highlighted the fragility of the country’s healthcare system. There is an urgent need for sustained humanitarian support, so that people most affected by the outbreak can access … Read more

Yemen: MSF hands over the mother and child hospital in Taiz Houban after a decade of lifesaving care

Taiz Houban, Yemen- Since 2015, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has operated the mother and child hospital in Al-Houban, Taiz governorate — one of the few facilities providing free, high-quality healthcare in a region deeply affected by more than a decade-long conflict. At the end of July 2025, after 10 years of service, MSF officially … Read more

Burundi: MSF closes second emergency intervention for Congolese refugees in Musenyi

Since the start of the year, tens of thousands of people have fled ongoing instability in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), seeking refuge in neighbouring Burundi. In the south-east of the country, more than 17,000 refugees are currently living in Musenyi camp. Poor living conditions and limited access to healthcare have contributed … Read more

Battling the ghost of torture in Syria

In Syria’s prisons and security branches, the darkness of the unknown overpowered the darkness of detention cells. During nearly 14 years of war, arbitrary arrests grew more common, with many people held in custody without trial or investigation. Many survivors suffer from physical injuries, psychological trauma, and chronic health conditions due to these years of … Read more