4-27 | At least 11 people have been killed and 67 injured since 21 April during constant airstrikes and shelling in Haradh district, northwestern Yemen, said Médecins Sans Frontières/ Doctors Without Borders today. The 67 wounded were treated by MSF medical staff in Haradh public hospital, which is supported by MSF. Haradh has been left a ghost town after its population fled the violence of recent weeks. The latest attack took place on the night of Friday 24 April, when several shells hit Haradh town.
4-19 | Figures from a warzone in the Mediterranean: a mass grave created by European policies Faced with another tragedy in the Mediterranean sea, European Member States must urgently launch large-scale search and rescue activities in order to avoid more deaths at sea, Medecins Sans Frontieres / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said today. “A mass grave is being created in the Mediterranean Sea and European policies are responsible,” said Loris De Filippi, MSF president.
4-16 | Refugees in Kenya need assistance and a safe place to stay Calls by Kenyan officials to close Dadaab refugee camp, in northeastern Kenya, within three months and forcibly return its residents to Somalia would have dramatic and life-threatening consequences for hundreds of thousands of people, warns Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) today. Current conditions do not allow for a safe and dignified return of the refugees to Somalia, says MSF, while urging the Kenyan government and the internatio
4-16 | Thirty people injured in airstrikes in Huth district on Wednesday night have been treated by Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders (MSF), the organisation says. The wounded were treated at Al-Salam Hospital, which MSF runs in collaboration with the Ministry of Health in the town of Khameer, Amran governorate, 35km from the town of Huth. Thirty wounded patients were received by the hospital during a period of two hours from around 8pm, following airstrikes which hit locations in Huth district.
4-10 | Anees Dayan, MSF Nurse, Aden Emergency Surgical Unit We have to be prepared for mass casualties, as we are an Emergency Surgical Unit. We have received many mass casualties since MSF started working here in 2012, but the situation has never been worse. Within two weeks we have received many mass-casualties [seven mass-casualties – over 600 injured]. This huge number of patients was a shock for us, but we were able to control the situation and to act with responsibility and manage things.