2-7 | “Between the constant tension and the many serious wounds, this was my most difficult mission” Jessie GAFFRIC is coordinator of MSF’s project at the Bangui Community Hospital, where the organization performs emergency surgery for victims of the confrontations, abuses and violence rocking the city. Jessie has carried out several missions for MSF in violent and conflict settings, including Yemen and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2-7 | Muslim communities threatened in many towns, forced to leave the country Over the past weeks the extreme violence in the Central African Republic has reached intolerable and unprecedented levels, said the international medical-humanitarian organization, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF).
2-5 | Escalating violence, revenge killings, arson and looting in the Central African Republic have displaced more than 900, 000 civilians, according to UNOCHA. The morning of Thursday 30th January saw 8 000 displaced Muslim people in Bossangoa preparing to load their families and possessions on a fleet of hired trucks, fleeing the country in terror of attacks by anti-balaka militias.
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.