Juba/Lankien, South Sudan, 31 December – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has undertaken the evacuation of key staff members from its healthcare facility in Lankien town, Nyirol County, Jonglei State, South Sudan, in response to a deteriorating and volatile security situation in the area. Despite the evacuation of the essential personnel, the facility remains operational and … Read more
JUBA – 9 December 2025 – People in South Sudan are facing a deteriorating humanitarian situation while at the same time international interest and support continue to decline, says a new report titled Left Behind in Crisis: Escalating Violence and Healthcare Collapse in South Sudan by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Drawing on routine medical data … Read more
MSF healthcare facility was hit during an airstrike on Wednesday 3 December, in the morning hours, in the town of Pieri, Jonglei State, South Sudan. After the facility was hit, and the gunship helicopter left, MSF teams found bullets that hit the infrastructure within the facility. After Pieri, MSF teams witnessed additional airstrikes in Lankien, … Read more
Upon entering through the UN compound gate in the Bentiu internally displaced persons camp in Unity State, a red structure comes into view. Next to it stands a pole with a white MSF flag and, on either side, concrete bags filled with sand. Behind this simple façade lies a hospital where thousands of babies were … Read more
Ulang County, South Sudan- People in remote areas of Upper Nile State in South Sudan are suffering from a lack of access to health care, since attacks on medical boats and armed looting in medical facilities since the beginning of the year have forced Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to close its hospital and end its … Read more
Juba, June 10, 2025—Due to safety and security concerns, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has made the decision to permanently close its hospital in Ulang, Upper Nile State, as well as withdraw its support to 13 primary health facilities in the county. MSF suspended all its medical services on 14 April 2025 after armed individuals forced … Read more
Brussels/Amsterdam– Women and girls in Sudan’s Darfur region are at near-constant risk of sexual violence, medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warned today. The true scale of this crisis remains difficult to quantify, as services remain limited and people face barriers in seeking treatment or speaking about their ordeal. Yet all the survivors who speak … Read more
Ulang, South Sudan- Every attack on healthcare is unacceptable and has consequences. When two MSF boats were fired on as they crossed a river in South Sudan in January this year, we had to make a difficult decision to suspend our outreach activities due to safety concerns. Just three months later, MSF’s hospital in Ulang … Read more
Jonglei State, South Sudan (May 3, 2025) – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly condemns the deliberate bombing of its hospital in Old Fangak, South Sudan. The attack began at around 4:30am when two helicopter gunships first dropped a bomb on the MSF pharmacy, burning it to the ground, then went on to fire on the … Read more
During this World Immunisation Week, MSF shares recommendations for how Gavi – which is developing its new five-year strategy amidst looming funding cuts – can strengthen collaboration between governments and humanitarian organisations to ensure that more children up until the age of at least five, especially those living in fragile and humanitarian settings, get their … Read more