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MSF closes its largest medical centres in Mogadishu after killings

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...
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MSF condemns attacks on aid workers and calls for release of abducted colleagues in Somalia

07 January 2012
Women in front of theTherapeutic Feeding Centre at the hospital MSF runs in Galc
Women in front of theTherapeutic Feeding Centre at the hospital MSF runs in Galcayo South.
Two Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) colleagues, Phillipe Havet and Andrias Karel Keiluhuo, were killed last week by a gunman while implementing emergency assistance projects in Mogadishu. Three months ago, two MSF aid workers, Montserrat Serra and Blanca Thiebaut, were abducted in Dadaab refugee camp in Northern Kenya while carrying out emergency assistance for the Somali population.   These attacks on aid workers must be condemned in the strongest of terms. They put in jeopardy life-saving medical projects that are already far from adequate in addressing the scope of the medical needs of the Somali population.   MSF is confronting the difficult dilemma of working in a context like Somalia...
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Kenya: MSF seeks swift release of two abducted staff without use of force and continues medical activities to assist Somali population

18 October 2011
Kenya
Kenya
  Following the abduction of two Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) staff in Dadaab, Kenya, on 13 October, the international medical organisation MSF has no verifiable information on the identity or motives of the abductors. MSF firmly and clearly disassociates itself from any armed activities and related declarations launched following the abduction. MSF is actively and fully engaging with all relevant actors in order to seek a safe resolution of the abduction. Abductions are extremely complex and need to be handled with care, therefore MSF is very concerned that security and the resolution of the incident could be compromised by any use of force being related to the case.   “MSF is...
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