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Hundreds of thousands of people are on the run, fleeing a war that rages in eastern Congo, in the provinces of North and South Kivu. They are frightened. Many are sick or wounded. Others have been harassed or raped, or have had everything they own stolen. The people of the Kivus are in a critical condition. The destiny of everyone in this region is shaped by the war. The story of their struggle to survive needs to be told.
Starting November 20, 2008, MSF will help the people of the Kivus speak out.
See the video
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| DRC: What the war has led to… |
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Transfers which had stopped due to the risk of epidemics, have now resumed with 888 refugees transferred from the 1st of December until the 7th. MSF started organising medical consultations and our teams are now seeing an average of 200 patients per day. Fifty three cholera cases were treated in a cholera treatment centre set up by MSF. Read more...
Updates on the Situation in DRC
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| Uganda: Assisting Refugees Escaping Fighting in Eastern Congo |
| "For the past several weeks MSF teams have been assessing the refugee situation at the border of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda. A team of three doctors, four nurses and three logisticians is now working in three different sites to offer assistance to the refugees. Read more... |
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A harrowing journey to Yemen |
Teams from the international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) treated 164 people who arrived on a beach in southern Yemen on 1 December, after they made a harrowing two-day journey in smuggler boats launched from northern Somalia. Read more...
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