MSF in Central African Republic

MSF Denounces the Targeting of Civilians in a New Wave of Violence in CAR

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The medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) denounces the targeting of civilian populations in a new wave of violence that erupted recently in Bouca, roughly 180 miles north of Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic (CAR). In the immediate aftermath, MSF treated more than two dozen people who had been injured … Read more

Central African Republic Abandoned to its Fate

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BANGUI, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC/NEW YORK, July 9, 2013—Three months after a coup in Central African Republic (CAR), the country remains gripped by a humanitarian emergency made worse as the international community looks on with indifference, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warned in a report released today. CAR, plunged into … Read more

CAR: MSF Brings Healthcare To People Living In Fear

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Thousands of people left without healthcare after a coup d’etat in Central African Republic (CAR) are now receiving treatment from Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF).   Three months after the coup we are still scaling up our response. Our teams have opened a new emergency health project in Bossangoa – north of the capital, … Read more

"A Crisis on Top of a Crisis": MSF Expands Programs in Post-Coup CAR

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Three months after a coup d’etat in the Central African Republic (CAR), Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) continues to scale up activities in order to assist thousands of people who were left without access to basic health care or who had no access to care to begin with. MSF has opened a new emergency … Read more

In Central African Republic, the Violence Has Ended But the Emergency Continues

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May 17, 2013 Serge St-Louis just returned from nine months as Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) head of mission in the Central African Republic (CAR). He was there in late 2012, when Seleka, a new coalition of Central African rebel groups, took control of several towns before finally entering Bangui, the capital, in late … Read more

Insecurity, Looting, And Lack Of Water And Electricity Continue To Plague Central African Republic

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It’s been almost one week since the Seleka opposition group took control of Bangui, capital city of Central African Republic. Here, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) coordinator Sylvain Groulx discusses the situation in the city, and the consequences that the fighting and looting might have on the population of the country—many of whom are … Read more