Syria: Challenges in northeast persist, humanitarian needs increasing

6 November 2025, Amsterdam/ Al-Hasakah- People in northeast Syria continue to struggle with access to healthcare, water, and food, according to an assessment conducted earlier this year in Al-Hasakah governorate by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). MSF staff spoke with more than 150 families from both local communities and internally displaced persons. MSF’s assessment in June … Read more

DRC: MSF ends its activities in Salamabila after seven years of care

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), 3 November 2025- At the end of October, after seven years of activity, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) ended its medical activities in Salamabila, in Maniema province. MSF has provided care for thousands of survivors of sexual violence, malaria and malnutrition, and significantly reduced mortality rates linked to … Read more

‘Sudan’s crisis of compassion, sketched in my watercolour journal’

The scenes change: different ages, genders, faces, and stories. But when I look into the eyes of the young ones, of women, even of men on the road of displacement and migration, do you know who I see reflected in their eyes? I see myself. I am Narin Fandoglu—human before I became a humanitarian. My … Read more

Sudan: Urgent appeal for El Fasher’s people

Paris, 31 October 2025 – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) denounces the horrendous mass atrocities and killings, both indiscriminate and ethnically-targeted, that have culminated this week in and around El Fasher. We reiterate our fear that large numbers of people remain in grave danger and are being prevented by the Rapid Support Forces and its allies from reaching safer … 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

Mexico: Tapachula is a dead-end border and the epicenter of the migration crisis

Following the tightening of US immigration policy, Tapachula—a city on Mexico’s southern border with Guatemala—is now hosting thousands of stranded migrants and asylum seekers in increasingly precarious conditions. The migrants are unable to continue traveling north and desperate due to the complex bureaucratic procedures required to legalize their status. Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without … Read more

Palestine: Dire living conditions in Gaza continue to impact people’s health despite ceasefire

Diseases directly linked to poor living conditions account for 70 per cent of all of MSF’s outpatient consultations in our healthcare centres in southern Gaza in 2025. Jerusalem – More than one million people are still being forced to survive on a tiny patch of land, and in dangerous living conditions, in southern Gaza, Palestine. … Read more

Palestine: MSF has resumed its activities in Gaza City

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was forced to leave Gaza City on 24 September 2025 amid the intensified Israeli offensive. Following the start of the ceasefire on 10 October, more than 402,488* displacement movements were recorded from south to north, according to the Population Movement Monitoring Flash Update. After careful monitoring and assessment, MSF has partially … Read more

DRC: Cholera epidemic increasingly worrying across the country

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is sounding the alarm on the intensifying cholera epidemic in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In the past nine months, more than 58,000 suspected cases have already been recorded, according to data from the Ministry of health. The epidemic is among the worst seen in the last ten years, … Read more

Gaza: MSF calls for the immediate release of our detained colleague

Brussels, 20 October 2025 – Médecins sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders (MSF) is deeply disappointed that Dr Mohammed Obeid, a respected orthopaedic surgeon, and long-time MSF colleague, remains detained and was not released as part of the recent ceasefire agreement. We call for his immediate and unconditional release. Dr Obeid was arrested on 26 October 2024 … Read more