Tag Archives: Medecins Sans Frontieres
By Unni Karunakara This year marks 30 years since Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) began providing medical care in the area that now makes up South Sudan. Our first project was in Yei in Central Equatoria in 1983, where we delivered … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Central Equatoria, Jonglei, Medecins Sans Frontieres, South Sudan, Sudan, Unity, Upper Nile, Yambio
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By Jason Beaubien Across a swath of northern Nigeria, a humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding, as lead from illegal gold mines sickens thousands of children. More than 400 kids have died, and many more have been mentally stunted for life. Doctors … read more »
press release Friday May 11, 2012 – Abuja, Nigeria — An International Conference to find solutions to the Zamfara lead poisoning crisis (1), of which Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), was the lead organiser concluded on Thursday. The conference delegates endorsed … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, Press Releases, West Africa
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Tagged Abuja, afria travel, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, india south africa, Lead poisoning, map africa, Medecins Sans Frontieres, news, Nigeria, Nigerian government, Politics of Nigeria, South Africa, travel to africa, Zamfara, Zamfara State
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MOGADISHU, Somalia, February 16, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) launches today a public communication called “Dadaab: Back to square one.” The international medical organisation takes stock of the current humanitarian situation and operational challenges in Dadaab, … read more »
Posted in Press Releases
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Tagged Dadaab, humanitarian aid, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Mogadishu, MSF, Refugee, Somalia
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Tripoli – Libya’s deputy justice minister says his government has begun taking control of makeshift prisons in the country after human rights organisations complained of rampant torture of inmates. Minister Khalifa Ashour said on Sunday that judicial police are now … read more »
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Justice Ministry, Libya, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Misrata, Muammar Gaddafi, Prison, United Nations
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A bomb exploded in Somalia’s capital Thursday, killing six Somalis, including two police officers, shortly after a group of international journalists was in the area. United Nations officials said the bomb, believed to be a homemade explosive device, appeared to … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Somali
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Tagged Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Mogadishu, Sharia, Somali, Somali language, Somalia, Thursday, United Nations
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Mogadishu – Gunmen on Thursday killed a local aid worker and his driver in central Somalia, an official, elders and non-governmental organisation workers said. “We got horrible information saying an aid worker and his driver were killed. They were working … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Somali
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Tagged humanitarian aid, Ibrahim Ali, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Committee of the Red Cross, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Siad Barre, Somalia, WFP, World Food Programme
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GENEVA, Switzerland, January 3, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Renewed inter-communal violence in Jonglei State, South Sudan, has forced thousands of families to flee into the bush. Two Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) medical facilities have been targeted and the independent … read more »
Posted in Press Releases
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Tagged Geneva, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jonglei, Juba, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Pibor, South Sudan, Southern Sudan, Sudan
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A Somali man who worked for the aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres shot dead a foreign aid worker and wounded another at the group’s office in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Thursday, an MSF official and the police said. Police spokesman … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Somali
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Tagged African Union, humanitarian aid, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Mogadishu, MSF, Somali language, Somalia
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November 29, 2011 by benim
Southern African countries, hardest hit by the HIV/AIDS pandemic, are likely to be most affected over the next three years as funding from one of the world’s biggest donors dries up, a coalition of AIDS activists said on Monday. The … read more »
Posted in AIDS/HIV, Health, News, Southern Africa
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, AIDS, All Africa, breaking news, East Africa, HIV, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Malawi, Medecins Sans Frontieres, nothafrica, Swaziland, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria, West Africa, Zimbabwe
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October 16, 2011 by benim
The Kenyan government sent troops and police to its northern border on Saturday and said it would hunt down Somalian al Shabaab insurgents after the kidnapping of two Spanish aid workers. The two Spanish women, who were working for Medecins … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya, News
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, Dadaab, George Saitoti, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Kenya, Liboi, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Somalia, Southern Africa, West Africa
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October 13, 2011 by benim
Gunmen kidnapped two Spanish women working for Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) at Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp on Thursday, the third abduction of Westerners in Kenya by attackers linked to Somalia in a month. Kenyan police said they suspected Somalia’s al … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya, News
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, Dadaab, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Kenya, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, North Eastern Province, Pan African News, Refugee camp, Somalia, Southern Africa, West Africa
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Kenya’s already overcrowded Dadaab complex in June received 1,000 new refugees a day, five times more than a year ago, most of them fleeing drought in Somalia, aid workers said Monday. About 30,000 people arrived at the Dadaab refugee camp … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya, News, Refugees/Migrants
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, Dadaab, East Africa, Horn of Africa, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Kenya, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Nigeria, North Africa, Pan African News, Refugee camp, Somalia, Southern Africa, United Nations, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, West Africa
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The surge of violence in Sudan’s disputed area of Abyei has forced thousands to flee, aid groups said, as south Sudan accused an unknown militia of burning a village in the area, and north Sudan-allied Misseriya tribe threatens to enter … read more »
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, News, North Africa, Sudan
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Tagged Abyei, Africa maps, Africa news, African news, African tribes, Bahr Al-Arab, breaking news, Comprehensive Peace Agreement, Embassies and Consulates, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Messiria tribe, Misseriya, News local news, Southern Sudan, Sudan, World news
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February 21, 2011 by benim
Treatment of patients with HIV/AIDS has changed significantly in the 10 years since Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) began treating patients in Malawi antiretroviral (ARV) therapy, and new directives from the World Health Organization (WHO) have created both opportunities … read more »
Posted in AIDS/HIV, Documents, Health, News
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, African tribes, AIDS, Antiretroviral drug, breaking news, Chiradzulu, Embassies and Consulates, HIV, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Malawi, Medecins Sans Frontieres, News local news, Tenofovir, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria, World news
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January 20, 2011 by benim
The Democratic Republic of the Congo will put a group of government soldiers on trial as early as next week for alleged rapes and looting in the country’s turbulent east, a U.N. spokesman said on Wednesday. U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky … read more »
Posted in Abuse, Central Africa, DR Congo, News, Women
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, breaking news, Democratic Republic of Congo, Embassies and Consulates, Fizi, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, News local news, newspapers, North Kivu, South Kivu, United Nations, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1925, World news
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January 19, 2011 by benim
Seven soldiers and a commander in the army of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been arrested over allegations that they were involved in a mass rape, according to the United Nations. Fifty women have told the UN that they were raped in the eastern … read more »
Posted in Abuse, Central Africa, DR Congo, News, Women
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, breaking news, Democratic Republic of Congo, Embassies and Consulates, Fizi, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, News local news, newspapers, North Kivu, South Kivu, United Nations, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1925, World news
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January 19, 2011 by benim
An army commander in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been accused of leading the recent mass rape of at least 50 women. One of the victims, as well as sources quoted in a UN report, all accuse Lt Col … read more »
Posted in Abuse, Central Africa, DR Congo, News, Women
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, bbc, breaking news, Democratic Republic of Congo, Embassies and Consulates, Fizi, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, News local news, newspapers, North Kivu, South Kivu, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1925, World news
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November 19, 2010 by benim
GENEVA — Twin epidemics of AIDS and tuberculosis are ravaging Swaziland, helping to halve life expectancy to 31 years, Medecins Sans Frontieres said Thursday, warning of a health emergency. “The co-epidemic has contributed substantially to a halving of life expectancy … read more »
Posted in AIDS/HIV, Health, News, Southern Africa, Swaziland
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Tagged Africa news, AIDS, Epidemic, Geneva, Health, HIV, IndepthAfrica, Life Expectancy, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Swaziland, Tuberculosis
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