The medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has warned about outbreaks of measles in South Sudan and Yemen. It said that there had been seven deaths and more than 450 cases among children under-five since February in South Sudan’s Western Equatoria state. MSF said that its hospital unit in Taiz …
Read More »Nigeria: MSF condemns murder of one of its nurses in Zamfara state
International medical charity, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), has condemned the killing of Hassan Muhammad, one of its nurses in Zamfara state, in the north-west of Nigeria. The nurse was returning to his work station on Saturday when gunmen opened fire on the public vehicle he was travelling in. Two other …
Read More »Cameroon: MSF withdraws from the north-west region
After months of suspension by the authorities, medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has withdrawn from Cameroon’s North-West region. The charity said it could not stay where it was “not allowed to provide care to people”. “Unfortunately, we cannot keep our staff on standby any longer, so we have no …
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