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Southern Sudan

© Sven Torfinn

Fighting in Southern Sudan Displaces Tens of Thousands

Since May 14, fighting between the Sudanese armed forces and the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) has devastated the town of Abyei, which has been virtually destroyed.

Darfur

© Bonile Bam/The Star

MSF Treats Victims of Violence Against Migrants in Johannesburg

The attacks have spread to several townships and into central Johannesburg. MSF is running mobile medical clinics to locations where there have been outbreaks of violence.

Darfur

© Joanne Wong/MSF

MSF Teams Respond to Needs in China's Quake-Hit Areas

After a 7.9 magnitude earthquake killed a reported 32,000 and left up to 4.8 million people homeless, MSF has now provided more than 210 tons of relief supplies as well as medical assistance to the survivors.

© Elvis García/MSF

Food Aid Missing Critical Ingredients for Children Under Two

As food aid is mobilized in response to the global food price crisis, MSF warns that sending adult food to feed young children will not save them from the risk of malnutrition.

Special Report

Fearing a Forced Return: Lao Hmong Refugees

© Greg Constantine

Nearly 8,000 ethnic Lao Hmong currently confined to a guarded, barbed-wire enclosed camp controlled by the Thai military in northern Thailand face the imminent threat of a forced return to Laos. Many of these refugees have told MSF of a life in Laos spent fleeing violent attacks and persecution, and enduring malnutrition and disease. Read More
Special Report

Huge Needs in Congo Despite Lull in Fighting

© Cedric Gerbehaye

The Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province has been the setting of chronic fighting for nearly a decade. Since August, clashes between the Congolese army and rebel groups refusing to be integrated into the national army have forced more than 500,000 people to flee, according to the United Nations. Read More

Alert Newsletter - Spring 2008

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In the latest edition of Alert, read about MSF's responses to post-election violence in Kenya and conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. There are also stories on a disease causing blindness in AIDS patients in Southeast Asia and an MSF physician battling malaria in Sierra Leone. Plus read an excerpt from From Ethiopia to Chechnya: Reflections on Humanitarian Action (1988-1999), a collection of essays by one of the great figures of humanitarian action, François Jean.

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