MSF launches new report, Dadaab: Back to square one

Geneva, 16 February 2012 — Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) launches today a public communication called Dadaab: Back to square one. The international medical organisation takes …

Written on February 16, 2012 | Posted in Human Rights & Immigration |

MSF closes its largest medical centres in Mogadishu after killings

…… Other projects in Somalia continue, but MSF medical assistance in Somali capital reduced by half.
19 January 2012 - Following the …

Written on January 19, 2012 | Posted in Human Rights & Immigration |

MSF Deeply Shocked and Saddened by the Killing of Two Staff Members in a Serious Incident in Mogadishu, Somalia

December 30, 2011- It is with great sadness that Médecins Sans Frontières MSF (Doctors Without Borders) confirms that two MSF staff members …

Written on December 30, 2011 | Posted in Human Rights & Immigration,News |

Somalia – Dadaab: reduction of aid ctivities may have dramatic consequences on refugees

In the second half of 2011, MSF witnessed increased insecurity in the camps located near Dadaab, Kenya. The kidnapping of …

Written on November 27, 2011 | Posted in Human Rights & Immigration |

Zimbabwe hip-hop’s First Lady records “Prayer for Somalia”

By Kenneth Matimaire – ZIMBABWE – Zimbabwe’s hip-hop First Lady, Black Bird has voluntarily taken up a humanitarian role by …

Written on October 30, 2011 | Posted in Bottom Story,Entertainment,Human Rights & Immigration |

MSF treats wounded after camp hit by aerial bombardment in Southern Somalia

London, 30 Oct 2011 – Medecins Sans Frontieres MSF (Doctors Without Borders) staff in Marere, in Lower Juba Region, southern Somalia, are treating dozens of injured following …

Written on October 30, 2011 | Posted in Human Rights & Immigration |

SOMALIA: Tempted with a phone to carry a gun

NAIROBI, 18 October 2011 (IRIN) – Civil society sources in Mogadishu estimate there are between 1,000 and 2,000 children in …

Written on October 24, 2011 | Posted in Human Rights & Immigration,Top Story |

Médecins Sans Frontières seeks swift release of two abducted staff without use of force and continues medical activities to assist Somali population

18 October 2011 – Following the abduction of two MSF staff in Dadaab, Kenya, on 13 October, the international medical …

Written on October 18, 2011 | Posted in News |

MSF staff abducted from Dadaab refugee camp, Kenya – update

On Thursday 13 October, an MSF team suffered an attack in Dadaab, Kenya. One of the MSF drivers, Mohamed Hassan …

Written on October 15, 2011 | Posted in News |

Situation deteriorating in Mogadishu’s shanty towns as drought victims continue to pour in

•    MSF has already vaccinated 40,000 children against measles, but 10 times that number need vaccinating to stop epidemic
•    Food …

Written on October 12, 2011 | Posted in Health & Lifestyle |