Over the last year, the number of people forced to flee in Cabo Delago province has increased exponentially because of the violence. There are currently around 50,000 people living either in camps or in the host community. Voices from the Field - 2 Apr 2021

“The problem of insufficient water is very serious,” says Fati, another displaced person who has settled in Pulka. “When we have money, we buy water from the well, but if we don’t have any, we have to fetch it from the pond and this makes our children sick.”

Nigeria

Pulka, where water is the source of life… and disease

A lack of clean water for displaced people in Pulka, Borno state, Nigeria is causing illness among people; MSF is urging other organisations to act and improve access to a vital resource. Project Update - 16 Mar 2021

30-year old Aster* is 8 months pregnant and has come for a consultation at MSF’s clinic at Primary School IDP camp. Two months ago, she fled Adi Heseray with her husband and two children. They were farmers. She says her house was burned down and all their belongings were taken.
“It was difficult to walk all the way to Shire, being pregnant and having a 6 and 4 year old. We live with the host community in Shire. They gave us a place to sleep and share their food with us. We did not know the family before. It is very difficult to be pregnant in this situation. Before the fighting, I often visited a doctor but since then I have received no medical checkup. In my town, all the drugs were taken, the health center was destroyed. I hope I will get medical assistance for this birth. My two other children were born at the hospital. We are very depressed. I have not received any food aid. We are getting some food from the people we are staying with. Sometimes, I beg. If they don’t give me anything, we sometimes sleep without food. It is difficult to be dependent. Before, I could do whatever I wanted. Now I feel stressed. I have nothing to eat for my children. It makes me empty inside. Before, the children had regular meals. Now they sometimes sleep without eating.”

Ethiopia

People in Tigray “are suffering from a lack of medical care”

Following violence, the crisis in the Tigray region of Ethiopia continues, with people in camps for the displaced - and those in rural areas - lacking food and access to medical care. Project Update - 5 Mar 2021

Mozambique

Displaced by violence, people in Cabo Delgado arrive in more mental than physical pain

Years of conflict and continual attacks on villages in Cabo Delgado province, in northeastern Mozambique, take a severe mental health toll on people, who are forced to flee. Interview - 4 Mar 2021

Central African Republic

People, medical facilities hit during violence in southern CAR

Post-election violence in Central African Republic is continuing to have an impact on people, this time in the southern city of Bambari, when people and medical facilities were hit with bullets. Project Update - 22 Feb 2021

Tsgay , 35 year old woman and daughter Dalina , 4 year old temoignage:

She shared with MSF teams: “The food that we eat doesn’t contain any nutrients, but we have no option, we have to eat it in order to survive.”

“When we fled from Tigray we had some money. We used to buy sorghum from the market. Now we spent [all our money]. Now we are forced to take the wet portage and mix it with the little amount of flour we have and use it to make injera.”

Ethiopia Tigray crisis

For refugees in Hamdayet, Sudan, “everyone is hungry, and everyone is tired”

More than 61,000 people, fleeing violence in Ethiopia, have registered as refugees in Sudan. Those stuck in the border town of Hamdayet are barely having their basic needs met. Project Update - 19 Feb 2021

Guinea

Five questions on the Ebola outbreak in Guinea

After authorities in Guinea declared a new outbreak of Ebola in mid-February, MSF's Anja Wolz outlines the current situation and response in five questions. Interview - 19 Feb 2021

Dr Helene Muller and registered nurse Buhle Nkomonde both worked in the MSF COVID-19 Field Hospital in Khayelitsha, in Cape Town, before coming to Mbongolwane in KwaZulu-Natal, where their COVID-19 expertise was well employed in the screening and testing tent outside the District Hospital.

Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Southern Africa needs the right COVID-19 vaccines, at the right price – right now

As Southern Africa struggles under a contagious variant of the coronavirus, MSF urges rich countries to share appropriate COVID-19 vaccines with those yet to vaccinate key workers. Press Release - 18 Feb 2021

Someone shows a bullet that landed on France's property in Damala, a neighbourhood parallel to the road where the fighting happened on 13 January 2021.

France Beldo, 31, was wounded during this clash between rebel groups and the national forces supported by their international allies on the outskirts of Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic.

Another bullet is still lodged in her shoulder. France says: "We cannot stay in such violence all the time, with the sounds of guns. Fear is winning people over. We cannot go out, if we do, we are always fearful."

Central African Republic

A journey of healing in CAR amid post-electoral violence

France Beldo was hit by a stray bullet in Bangui, Central African Republic (CAR), which is in the midst of violence following elections. MSF teams at SICA hospital tended to her recovery. Photo Story - 9 Feb 2021

Cameroon

Healthcare in the community, by the community in Cameroon

With conflict and insecurity a feature of life in South-West Cameroon, MSF teams have found ways to ensure local communities can access medical care - by training them to give aid. Project Update - 4 Feb 2021

Four mothers posing in a corridor of the Hospital in Bili. All four of them are staying in the hospital with their child, that's suffering from a severe case of malaria. Since the beginning of the project in 2016, the pediatric ward already treated more than 4.000 cases of complicated/severe form of malaria.

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