International humanitarian organization providing healthcare and emergency response across crises, including Ebola training in Kenya and sexual violence survivor support in Sudan.
… Medical aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said it was preparing a "large-scale response", calling the rapid spread of the outbreak "extremely concerning", in warnings echoed by authorities. …
… "There are significant uncertainties to the true number of infected persons and geographic spread," the WHO noted.Medical aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said it was preparing a "large-scale response", calling the rapid spread of the outbreak "extremely concerning". …
… The global health body warned the true scale of the number of cases and spread was not clear but stopped short of declaring a pandemic emergency, the highest alert level introduced in 2024.Medical aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said it was preparing a "large-scale respon …
… "We've never seen so many gunshot victims in such a short period of time," said Sarah Chateau, head of operations for Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Haiti. …
Audio By VocalizeA Sudanese rape survivor holds her child conceived following the ordeal she suffered in the Sudanese capital during the civil war, at an apartment in Khartoum on April 25, 2026. [AFP] Medical charity Doctors Without Borders decried Wednesday the collective "polit …
… Medical charity Doctors Without Borders last month said at least 3,396 survivors of sexual violence -- nearly all of them women and girls -- sought treatment at facilities it supports in North and South Darfur between January 2024 and November 2025. …
… "During the Ebola outbreaks, samples from African patients led to treatments developed without such obligations," said Olena Zarytska of the medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF). …
Mombasa County Government, with support from Doctors Without Borders, has established an Ebola training centre at Port Reitz Sub-County Hospital to strengthen healthcare worker preparedness for outbreak response. The centre could be repurposed as an isolation facility if needed, and offers training on clinical case management, biosafety, infection prevention, and use of Personal Protective Equipment.
Mombasa County Government, with support from Doctors Without Borders, has established an Ebola training centre at Port Reitz Sub-County Hospital to strengthen healthcare worker preparedness for outbreak response. The centre could be repurposed as an isolation facility if needed, and offers training on clinical case management, biosafety, infection prevention, and use of Personal Protective Equipment.
A cholera outbreak in jihadist-controlled northeast Nigeria has killed dozens as insecurity and lack of health infrastructure hinder the response, with communities in the Lake Chad region hit by a wave of cases that residents said was spiralling out of control. More than 70 died from an earlier surge in Maiduguri, and a new rural outbreak has spiked over the past two weeks in communities on Lake Chad shores.
The Red Cross warned Tuesday that the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo, which has confirmed 808 cases and 192 deaths since May 15, has not yet peaked and could take a year to contain. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies joined warnings over dangerous gaps in the response.
Doctors Without Borders investigated 59 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse against its staff by Sudanese refugees in eastern Chad made in late 2024, corroborating some allegations and dismissing 18 workers for serious misconduct.
Kenya has recorded no confirmed Ebola cases despite heightened surveillance, according to the Public Health Principal Secretary. The government has tested about 90 samples, all negative, and intensified screening at major entry points including JKIA and six gazetted border crossings.
Israel launched a deadly strike on the port city of Tyre in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, killing at least eight people according to the Lebanese health ministry, after issuing an evacuation order for the entire city—one of the deadliest Israeli bombing raids on Tyre since the Israel-Hezbollah conflict began on March 2.
The World Health Organization counted 452 confirmed cases including 82 deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo and 19 confirmed cases including two deaths in Uganda, marking an increase of 100 cases and 20 deaths from the previous day. The CDC warned that without strong public health interventions, the outbreak could rival the scale of the 2014 West Africa epidemic.
Health experts warn that despite government assurances of preparedness, Kenya's isolation and treatment systems remain inadequate, with gaps in training, laboratory capacity, and infection control infrastructure.
An opinion piece reflecting on American misconceptions about Africa, prompted by debate over a US-backed Ebola Quarantine facility planned for Nanyuki. The author recalls a 1995 study tour when Americans confused Kenya's location with the Congo Ebola outbreak, and notes that some Americans hold stereotyped views of African countries and peoples.
United Opposition leaders are demanding that the U.S. government comply with court orders halting the establishment of an Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya, and insist that Kenyans must be consulted through a public participation exercise in Laikipia.
UN health chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus visited Bunia in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday to discuss the severe Ebola outbreak with the community. The outbreak has spread to three eastern DRC provinces and neighbouring Uganda, with at least 1,077 suspected cases in the DRC since May 15.
An Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Ituri province has killed 88 of 322 suspected cases in Mongbwalu and spread to neighboring provinces and Uganda, but residents are divided between criticism of the government response and denial of the disease's existence.
The WHO is evaluating candidate vaccines and treatments for an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which the organization has declared an international health emergency. The outbreak, suspected to have killed 131 people and infected more than 500, involves the Bundibugyo strain, for which no vaccine or treatment currently exists.
An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 80, with 88 deaths and 336 suspected cases reported. The World Health Organization declared it a "public health emergency of international concern" on Sunday, noting there is no vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain responsible.
The World Health Organization declared an international health emergency over an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has killed more than 80, with 88 deaths and 336 suspected cases reported so far. Fears of wider spread increased after a case was confirmed in the eastern city of Goma.
An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 80 people, with 336 suspected cases reported. The World Health Organisation declared it a "public health emergency of international concern" on Sunday, noting the Bundibugyo strain has no vaccine and a lethality rate that can reach 50 percent.
Armed gangs swept through neighbourhoods north of Haiti's capital, forcing more than 5,000 people to leave their homes since Sunday, according to the International Organization for Migration. Homes were looted and set on fire, shops and schools were vandalised, and medical workers reported an unprecedented spike in gunshot victims.
Doctors Without Borders says there is no political will to end Sudan's three-year civil war between the army and the Rapid Support Forces, which has killed tens of thousands, displaced millions, and created what the UN describes as one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. The charity condemned the lack of protection for civilians facing extreme violence, sexual abuse, food insecurity, and disease, while humanitarian funding cuts and logistical challenges worsen the crisis.
The widespread use of rape and sexual violence as a weapon of war in Sudan has triggered a massive mental health crisis, according to UN agencies and aid groups. Between January 2024 and November 2025, Doctors Without Borders reported that at least 3,396 survivors of sexual violence—nearly all women and girls—sought treatment at its facilities in North and South Darfur, with officials warning this represents only the "tip of the iceberg" due to barriers including lack of security, insufficient trained healthcare workers, and severe stigma.
Wealthy and developing countries are in sharp disagreement at the World Health Organization over how a pandemic treaty adopted last year will work in practice, specifically on a Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing system for vaccines, tests and treatments. Developing nations fear sharing viruses without guarantees of equitable vaccine access in a future crisis.