A hard return to peace in Sudan

As refugees and internally displaced persons are returning home by the thousands, humanitarian needs in southern Sudan remain massive. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has taken charge of a hospital that was in ruins in the town of Bor to alleviate the health needs of a rapidly growing population. Project Update - 19 Jul 2006

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

African sleeping sickness in the DRC

Until now, the only antidote available to most patients in the DRC was Melarsoprol, a derivative of arsenic. But it is so toxic that it melts plastic syringes and can kill patients before they die of the illness - on average about one in 20. Project Update - 19 Jul 2006

Indonesia

Quick local response to tsunami

Project Update - 19 Jul 2006

Pakistan

Freezing temperatures dominated work in Pakistan quake region

Freezing temperatures dominated work in Pakistan quake region Project Update - 10 Jul 2006

Sudan

Voices from Kalma camp - The suffering in Darfur is not over

Despite peace talks, for the people of Darfur the humanitarian crisis is not over. More then two million people, who had to flee their villages and homes because of the violence, are still living in settlements and camps all over the region. Project Update - 29 Jun 2006

Russia

MSF's mental health program in Ingushetia and Chechnya

Almost everyone you talk to, tells you, with a mixture of conviction and desperation, "I want to go back home". But for many of the roughly 25,000 Chechens who remain in Ingushetia this remains only a theoretical possibility. These years of chronic displacement, loss, lack of hope and the struggle for survival have, of course, taken their toll on the population's mental health. Project Update - 28 Jun 2006

Somalia

MSF maintains projects amidst sudden change in Somalia as Islamic Courts gain place in Mogadishu

Josep Prior is MSF's Head of Mission in Somalia and has witnessed the Islamic Courts coming to power in the capital, Mogadishu, after 15 years of control by warlords. In this interview he describes how recent events have affected civilians and MSF's projects beginning with the surprise victory of the Islamic Courts. Project Update - 27 Jun 2006

China

MSF team frustrated about closed doors in China

No authorisation to open project for HIV-positive people in Henan province Project Update - 22 Jun 2006

Rwanda

Sheer fear forces Rwandans to take flight

Whether they are guilty or innocent cannot be decided by MSF. The Rwandans have told stories of being sentenced to dig up bodies and wash bones. They also describe attacks, disappearances, arrests, being held in prison without official papers and being told that "the country belongs to the Tutsis." Project Update - 22 Jun 2006

Rwanda

Portrait of a Rwandan seeking refuge

Then they told me that they had shot [my husband] while he was trying to escape: he was dead. They gave me his clothes, but there was no trace of blood or bullet holes. When I asked them to let me see his body, they beat me." Project Update - 22 Jun 2006

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