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MSF hospital ruined in South Sudan

2013-05-17 13:55

The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders says one of its medical facilities located in a rural but violent region of South Sudan has been ransacked and destroyed.

Nigeria lead poisoning treatment starts

2013-04-23 17:39

MSF says it has begun treating children exposed to the worst-ever lead poisoning epidemic, after long-delayed government financing to clean up the area was finally delivered.

Syria refugees lack medical care

2013-02-07 21:22

More than half of the estimated 300 000 Syrian refugees who have fled to Lebanon are not receiving the medical treatment they need because of high costs, Doctors Without Borders says.

Mali: French widen bombing campaign

2013-01-14 16:31

French military forces have widened their bombing campaign against Islamic extremists occupying northern Mali, launching airstrikes for the first time in central Mali.

AI: Shocking abuses by S Sudan army

2012-10-03 18:43

South Sudan's security forces are shooting, torturing and raping civilians in the country's east, rights group Amnesty International says.

Ebola spread widely at funeral of victim

2012-08-02 19:02

The funeral of the girl who became Ebola's first victim was the catalyst for the spread of the disease.

Patents 'making ARVs unaffordable'

2012-07-27 14:42

Restrictive patents on new ARV drugs are hindering their use in developing countries such as South Africa, Doctors Without Borders says.

Africa 'loses out on Aids funding'

2012-07-19 22:28

An independent, global medical and humanitarian organisation says African nations are not receiving adequate international funding to fight HIV/Aids.

MSF laments S Sudan refugee crisis

2012-07-02 09:09

MSF has warned of dire medical consequences in South Sudan refugee camps, where tens of thousands of people are seeking refuge as they continue to flee war in Sudan.

4 aid groups expelled from east Sudan

2012-06-01 20:17

Sudan has expelled four foreign aid groups working in the country’s east, a government source says, in the latest restriction against foreign humanitarian agencies.

Sudan restrictions hamper aid work in Darfur

2012-05-23 07:50

Government restrictions on MSF have forced the group to suspend key medical activities in part of Sudan's Darfur region, leaving thousands of people without health care, the aid agency says.

Cancelled grants hamper Aids, TB fight

2012-03-28 14:05

The world is losing ground in its efforts to improve the treatment of Aids and TB victims because of the Global Fund's termination of new grants, MSF says.

Militia arms: S Sudan army, rebels blamed

2012-03-23 10:57

Guns and ammunition used by a South Sudanese ethnic militia that massacred a rival group earlier this year came from both the army and a rebel group, a report says.

Spanish hostages in Mali, Somalia 'are well'

2012-03-05 17:10

Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo says two Spaniards held hostage in Mali and two others in Somalia are in good shape.

Syria's wounded getting poor care

2012-02-08 23:49

Syrians say security forces are preventing the nation's wounded from getting adequate care.

Libya militias 'torturing detainees'

2012-01-26 19:15

Several suspected diehards of slain Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi have been subjected to torture and some have even died in detention centres run by armed militia, human rights groups say.

Mogadishu refugee camp bomb, 2 dead

2012-01-19 20:09

A bomb has exploded in a Mogadishu refugee camp, 20 minutes after journalists visited the area, killing 2 Somalis.

South Sudan flashpoint under control

2012-01-03 21:16

South Sudan's army has reclaimed control of a town destroyed in a bloody cattle vendetta that sent thousands scurrying into the bush and threatened the stability of the world's newest state.

2 foreign employees killed in Somalia

2011-12-30 14:15

Medical aid agency Doctors Without Borders has confirmed that two staff members, a Belgian and an Indonesian, have been killed by gunmen in the war-torn Somali capital Mogadishu.

Danielle Mitterrand passes away

2011-11-22 19:13

Resistance heroine, humanitarian and widow of a president, Danielle Mitterrand, was never content with the ornamental role of a traditional French first lady.

Kenya hot pursuit into Somalia

2011-10-16 16:20

Kenyan forces will pursue armed kidnappers across the Somali border the internal security minister says.

2 aid workers kidnapped in Kenya

2011-10-13 15:45

Two Spanish aid workers have been abducted from Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp by Somali Islamist Shabaab rebels, a regional police official says.

Cash crunch hits Swaziland Aids patients

2011-09-10 14:15

An acute government funding crisis in Swaziland is disrupting supplies of HIV/Aids drugs and hampering the fight against the virus in that country, MSF says.

Mass vaccination in Ethiopian camp

2011-08-12 08:47

Medical charity Doctors Without Borders have launched a mass vaccination against measles at a refugee camp in southern Ethiopia hosting Somalis who have fled a severe drought.

Frail Somali child fights to live

2011-07-14 20:58

Somali children, clinging to life, have been hard hit by the drought with Unicef needing al-Shabaab's OK for aid drops.

 

S Sudan soldiers accused of looting

2013-05-12 21:55

South Sudanese soldiers have looted UN stores and charities in troubled Jonglei state where the government has been battling rebels for a year, humanitarian sources claim.

70 dead, 1 000s flee DRC fighting

2013-03-05 20:54

At least 70 people have been killed and thousands more have fled their homes after days of fighting between rebels and government forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Nigeria frees funds to address lead poison

2013-02-01 11:31

Nigeria has provided nearly $3m in long-delayed financing to clean up part of an area where poisoning has killed hundreds of children, MSF says.

Surge of killings in S Sudan's Jonglei – MSF

2012-11-27 10:49

Women and children are increasingly targeted in a surge of violence in South Sudan's Jonglei state, riven by ethnic killings, a rebellion and an army crackdown, Doctors Without Borders say.

Ebola claims more lives in DRC

2012-09-27 18:46

An outbreak of Ebola fever in the DRC may have killed up to 33 people, while the number of suspected cases has risen, the health ministry says.

DRC: MSF warns of civilian casualties

2012-07-31 09:22

Rebel fighters have pushed to ring a regional capital in the DRC, as medical charity MSF says it has treated scores of wounded civilians and is sheltering hundreds.

HIV drugs need to be cheaper - MSF

2012-07-26 15:02

The high cost of HIV drugs is still hindering the global fight against Aids, the medical aid organisation Medecins Sans Frontieres says.

Cholera epidemic spreads to Niger

2012-07-19 19:46

A cholera epidemic in Niger has killed 58 people and spread to a refugee camp housing Malians who have fled the unrest in the north of their country.

Sudan refugees reduced to eating bark

2012-06-20 13:20

A bitter war between Khartoum and rebels in Sudan's troubled Blue Nile state has sent tens of thousands of people fleeing to the transit site known only as KM 18 in South Sudan.

South Sudan troops kill, torture tribe

2012-05-24 20:47

South Sudan military kills, tortures a disliked minority tribe, but there is no UN response, groups say.

Syria: Doctors, patients fear arrest

2012-05-15 12:01

People wounded in the crackdown on dissent in Syria, as well as medical personnel trying to treat them, risk arrest and even torture, the aid group MSF says.

Unlikely faces of TB

2012-03-27 11:55

Ordinary people tell their TB stories - helping to put an end to the stigma of the disease.

US pledges aid after deadly Congo blast

2012-03-06 07:52

The US has pledged emergency aid to Congo after huge blasts at an arms depot in Brazzaville killed more than 150 people and left 1 000 injured.

Libya marks revolution day amid instability

2012-02-17 07:53

Libya is celebrating the first anniversary of the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi with fireworks and slogans, even as its leader vowed to act firmly against further instability.

MSF halts work in Libyan city's prisons

2012-01-27 09:04

MSF says it has suspended its work in prisons in the Libyan city of Misrata where it says torture is so rampant that some detainees are brought for care only to make them fit for further interrogation.

Extreme violence in South Sudan massacres

2012-01-24 22:39

MSF has warned of "extreme violence" in South Sudan's Jonglei state, where weeks of bloody ethnic violence has affected at least 120 000 people and left an unknown number dead.

5 Kenyans killed near Somali border

2012-01-12 11:56

Gunmen have killed five Kenyans including three policemen in the latest of a string of attacks in the north-eastern border region with war-torn Somali, police say.

Somali leader shot in Kenya camp

2011-12-31 09:05

Gunmen shot and killed a Somali refugee leader at the Dadaab refugee complex in northern Kenya, the UN refugee agency is reporting.

Aids funding cuts will affect millions

2011-11-28 21:40

A $1.6bn cut in funding for Aids treatment could affect millions of people as donors failed to meet commitments to the Global Fund, campaigners say.

Somali airstrike kills 5, injures 45

2011-10-31 12:38

An airstrike in Somalia has killed five people and wounded 45, mostly women and children, in a camp for people displaced by drought and violence, MSF says.

2 kidnapped Spaniards likely in Somalia

2011-10-14 10:02

Two Spanish aid workers kidnapped from Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp are believed to have been taken across the border into lawless Somalia, police say.

Ivory Coast situation worrying - MSF

2011-10-04 22:36

The humanitarian situation in western Ivory Coast, which saw the bloodiest violence in post-election unrest, was alarming, a top global medical aid group is warning.

Somalia: NGOs facing aid delivery nightmare

2011-08-22 11:10

Somalia is the world’s most challenging terrain for aid workers, according to the head of Doctors Without Borders, one of many groups scrambling to contain the ravages of a historic drought.

Drought: More work needed, says MSF

2011-07-28 14:10

Medical charity Doctors Without Borders has called for a faster clearance of Somali refugees fleeing a devastating drought and streaming into congested camps in Kenya.

MSF warns of cholera epidemic in DRC

2011-07-01 22:13

Cholera has claimed 153 lives out of 2 787 cases in the capital of the DRC and the provinces, the MSF says, warning of an epidemic.

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