Humanitarian space
19 January 2012
Other projects in Somalia continue, but MSF medical assistance in Somali capital reduced by half.
Following the tragic killings of our colleagues Philippe Havet and Dr. Karel Keiluhu in Mogadishu, Somalia, on the 29th of December 2011, the medical humanitarian organization Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) sees itself forced to end all activities in the Hodan district of the capital, including the closure of two separate 120-bed medical facilities for the treatment of malnutrition, measles and the treatment of cholera.
The closure of activities in this district halves the assistance MSF is providing in Mogadishu. For now, MSF projects will continue to provide medical care in the other districts of the capital, as well as in 10...
29 September 2011
MSF halts work in Al Talh and Razeh hospitals, after local authorities set new conditions for humanitarian activities in the region
Sana’a / Paris– International medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) announced today that its emergency activities in Saada governorate were suspended on 26 September.
On 15 September, the Executive Council in charge of humanitarian affairs in Saada announced new conditions under which all humanitarian and non-governmental organisations have to work in this region.
These new conditions include an end to all independent assessments of medical needs within the governorate, a ban on international staff supervising...
