Goma, 11 June 2025 – This year again, the number of victims and survivors of sexual violence treated by Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) teams in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remains at an alarming level. MSF calls on all parties to the conflict to improve the safety of civilians and access to … Read more
Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), 02 June 2025 – The Bambo region, in the Rutshuru territory of North Kivu, DRC, has seen a violent resumption of the conflict between the M23/AFC armed group, the Congolese armed forces and their respective allies since mid-May. The town, which is surrounded by ongoing armed clashes, has become … Read more
Goma, 24 April 2025 – On the evening of 18 April, a health worker from international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) was shot dead in his home in Masisi town, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s North Kivu province, by a gunman in military uniform. A nurse at Masisi general referral … Read more
Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo– With the intense fighting around Goma at the end of January and the takeover of the city by the M23/AFC, most of the IDP camps and sites – where hundreds of thousands of people had been living – have been largely emptied and dismantled. Many people who used to live in the camps … Read more
It is with great sadness that we are sharing the news of the passing of our colleague, Jerry Muhindo Kavali, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). He died today from the gunshot wound he suffered while at the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) base in Masisi town, North Kivu, during clashes between the VDP/Wazalendo and the M23/AFC … Read more
Kinshasa/Goma/Brussels, 20 February 2025 – A staff member from international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has been critically injured after shots hit the MSF base in Masisi town, in Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu province, on the morning of 20 February. A child who had sought refuge with his family in … Read more
In recent weeks, the armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), 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. Emmanuel Lampaert, Médecins Sans Frontières’ (MSF) representative in the DRC, provides an update on the … Read more
Amsterdam/Barcelona/Brussels/Geneva/Paris – In a new retrospective report, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reveals that – together with the Ministry of Health – we had treated an unprecedented number of victims and survivors of sexual violence in Democratic Republic of Congo in 2023. This upward trend has continued in the first months of 2024. MSF is calling on … Read more
DRC/Geneva, 16 August 2024 – On 13 August 2024, the Africa CDC declared the mpox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security. Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) recognised the Africa CDC’s declaration and were relieved that the World Health Organization (WHO) on 14 August declared the upsurge of mpox in the Democratic Republic … Read more
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Mpox cases have been on the rise for more than two years. However, the situation has worsened in recent months, with a surge in the number of people affected, a mutation leading to human-to-human transmission of the virus, and the notification of suspected cases in sites for displaced … Read more