1-24 | Some 700 refugees, mostly women and children, are crossing from South Sudan into northern Uganda each day to escape violence and insecurity. Since the conflict started in mid-December, more than 45,000 South Sudanese have arrived. Many come from the city of Bor, in Jonglei state, which has seen episodes of heavy fighting in recent weeks. The new arrivals in northern Uganda are settling in overcrowded refugee camps near the border. Heat and dust.
1-23 | Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, has been in the grip of violence for weeks but most of the city’s hospitals are no longer functioning. MSF project coordinator Jessie GAFFRIC describes the situation. She is managing our operations in the city’s only trauma unit, located in the Community Hospital. Since fighting began in Bangui on December 5, our teams have treated more than 800 patients there.
1-20 | Assault on Malakal compound is second looting of an MSF facility in one week Thousands of people are at risk of being left without desperately needed medical care after the international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was forced to suspend activities in Malakal, South Sudan, following the looting of its compounds, says MSF. “Armed men entered the MSF compound in Malakal twice yesterday, where they looted and physically threatened the team
1-16 | Heavy fighting in South Sudan’s Upper Nile, Unity and Jonglei states has left thousands of people newly displaced and hundreds wounded, says the international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).
1-7 | Three weeks of fighting raging throughout much of South Sudan are having increasingly serious consequences for the country’s population, says Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).