MSF Reports Severe Violence and Healthcare Collapse in Sudan’s Conflict

MSF Reports Severe Violence and Healthcare Collapse in Sudan’s Conflict

Civilians in Sudan have endured severe violence for over a year amid ongoing conflict between the army and a rival paramilitary force, suffering repeated attacks, abuse, and exploitation from both sides, Doctors Without Borders reported on Monday as per Reuters. The physical and mental trauma has been worsened by the collapse of the healthcare system and the insufficient international humanitarian response, according to MSF.

July 23, 2024 15

World

Search for dozens feared missing after deadly migrant shipwrecks off Italy

By Gael BRANCHEREAU, Ella IDE The Italian coastguard searched off southern Italy Monday for survivors or the bodies of dozens of migrants feared missing, after two shipwrecks left 11 people dead. With up to 60 migrants potentially lost at sea, the coastguard said it has been looking for "possible missing persons" since late Sunday, "following the shipwreck of a sailing boat with migrants on board, presumably departing […]

June 17, 2024 18

Namibia

Main Hospital in Sudan’s Al-Fashir Attacked by Paramilitary Forces

The main hospital in Sudan's al-Fashir city has been attacked by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and rendered inoperative, according to Doctors Without Borders, which supports the facility. Al-Fashir, located in the Darfur region of northwestern Sudan, is home to over 1.8 million residents and displaced people. This attack marks the latest escalation in the conflict between the Sudanese army and the RSF, which began in April last year.

June 10, 2024 9

Africa

700 dead from Zambia cholera outbreak as cases surge

Zambia has seen a surge in cholera cases since January 2024 with fatalities reaching 700, medical charity Doctors Without Borders said in a statement. The country has recorded nearly 20,000 infections since the outbreak started in October 2023. While at the beginning of the outbreak cases were restricted to Lusaka and Ndola , the two largest cities in Zambia, the disease has since spread to all provinces of the country […]

February 24, 2024 11

World

Gaza health ministry: 4 die in Israeli-raided hospital after oxygen cut

The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said four patients died Friday due to lack of oxygen at one of the war-torn Palestinian territory's few operating hospitals that had been raided by Israeli forces. "The generators of the complex stopped and the power was cut off," the ministry said, raising fears over the fate of six other patients in intensive care and three children in a nursery at the […]

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