7-17 | The merciless killing of a baby in a Hospital in Zemio, Central African Republic (CAR), where Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) runs a project, points to the extreme brutality against civilians in the escalating conflict, as the number of safe spaces dwindles. On Tuesday 11 July, two armed men arrived at Zemio hospital where around 7,000 internally displaced people had sought refuge in the past two weeks following an escalation in fighting in the south-eastern region of CAR. The men threatened a family at the Hosp
7-10 | Yemen has been in wars for years. A large number of people are being displaced by conflicts. With more than 376,000 displaced people among an estimated population of two million, Hajjah hosts more displaced people than any other Yemeni governorate. About a quarter of these are sheltering in Abs district, often living in remote areas without basic services so as to lessen the chance of being targeted by airstrikes or other types of violence associated with the conflict. However, Abs is now one of the areas in Yemen worst affected by cholera outbreak.
7-10 | An urgent scale-up of aid is needed in the northern district of Abs, the area worst affected by Yemen’s cholera outbreak, according to Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF). The disease is spread by contaminated water, so water and sanitation activities are particularly vital to tackle the problem at source, says MSF. “In Abs district, our teams are seeing an extremely poor sanitation situation and insufficient access to clean drinking water,” says Gabriel Sánchez, MSF programme manager for Yemen.
7-5 | Extreme levels of conflict and violence in the besieged city of Mosul - including airstrikes, bombardment, suicide attacks and gunshots - are taking a devastating toll on residents of the embattled Old City, says the international medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). In less than two weeks since officially opening its hospital in west Mosul, one of only two hospitals functioning in this part of the city, MSF has treated over 100 patients for war-related injuries, including more than 25 children and 20 women.
7-5 | Extreme levels of conflict and violence in the besieged city of Mosul - including airstrikes, bombardment, suicide attacks and gunshots - are taking a devastating toll on residents of the embattled Old City, says the international medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). In less than two weeks since officially opening its hospital in west Mosul, one of only two hospitals functioning in this part of the city, MSF has treated over 100 patients for war-related injuries, including more than 25 children and 20 women.
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