Sudan: Measles Cases Surge in Darfur Despite Months of Warnings and Calls for Vaccination

Zalingei, December 19, 2025 – Measles cases are rising rapidly across Central, South and West Darfur, in the absence of an urgent and effective vaccination campaign. More than 1,300 cases have been recorded since September 2025 in health facilities supported by MSF despite MSF repeatedly advocating for vaccination campaigns and the resumption of routine immunisation … Read more

Sudan: MSF appeals for civilians to be spared in El Fasher

MSF appeals for civilians’ lives to be spared in El Fasher, Sudan’s North Darfur capital, and for them to be allowed to flee to safer areas. Given the ethnic-based violence spiking across Darfur for over two years and the large-scale massacres committed in Zamzam when the camp was taken last April by the RSF and … Read more

Sudan: Ongoing mass atrocities against civilians in and around El Fasher, North Darfur

Paris, 3 July 2025 – Mass atrocities are underway in Sudan’s North Darfur region, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warned in a report today, urging the warring parties to halt indiscriminate and ethnically targeted violence and facilitate an immediate large-scale humanitarian response. MSF is extremely concerned about the threats of a full-blown assault on the hundreds of thousands … Read more

Sudanese refugees in Chad: safe from bombs, but struggling to survive

In Tine and Oure Cassoni camps in eastern Chad, close to the border with Sudan, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is increasing its support for recently arrived Sudanese refugees. In these overcrowded camps, people face harsh conditions and limited access to food, shelter, water, and healthcare. The current humanitarian response is grossly insufficient, and greater support from … Read more

Sudan: MSF report reveals stark lack of protection and assistance in South Darfur

Violence, insecurity and hunger are devastating people’s lives in South Darfur, Sudan, according to a new MSF report released today. The report, Voices from South Darfur, illustrates in vivid testimony how the impact of pervasive violence, a healthcare system in ruins and an inadequate international response have all combined to push people’s coping strategies to … Read more

Sudan: Addressing sexual violence in Darfur

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

Sudan: Healthcare needs high in Khartoum, scale-up urgently needed

Khartoum, Sudan– Exactly two years after Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) first worked in south Khartoum’s Bashair Teaching Hospital, the team is again scaling up activities to help meet immense medical needs in partnership with the Ministry of Health. MSF suspended activities at the hospital in January 2025 after repeated violent incidents. MSF’s initial focus will … Read more

Sudan: Fighting in El Fasher remains incessant despite UNSC resolution, warns MSF; civilians are trapped and no aid can enter the city

Nine days since the UN Security Council called for an end to the fighting in El Fasher, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) – one of the few international humanitarian organisations still present in the city – warns that hospitals continue to be attacked, and that no outside help can reach the city due to the intensity … Read more

From bombs to desolate halls: MSF responds to people displaced in Zalingei, Sudan, without assistance

The war in Sudan has caused massive devastation and one of the world’s largest displacement crises. After heavy fighting between Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) started in the Darfur region, most humanitarian actors evacuated – and most have yet to return. A year later, people are still cut from assistance, such … Read more

Sudan: Bomb puts El Fasher paediatric hospital out of action amid intense escalation: two children killed

Two children who were receiving care in MSF’s intensive care unit at Babiker Nahar Paediatric Hospital died after an airstrike on 11 May led to a roof collapse. At least one caregiver has also died.  On the evening of Saturday 11 May, an airstrike carried out by the SAF landed 50 metres from Babiker Nahar Paediatric … Read more