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Kenya confirms first Ebola case as virus ‘surges’ in DR Congo province

Health minister says 28 contacts identified after death of citizen who arrived from DRC on Saturday

The Guardian - UK · Oct 6

Conflicts can spread infectious diseases while making outbreaks harder to detect

The Ebola outbreak that emerged in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and crossed into neighbouring Uganda may have been killing people for weeks before the alarm was raised. When Médecins Sans Frontières investigated in May 2026, it reported that at least 55 people had died since the beginning of…

The Conversation · Jul 29

Giving birth in the shadow of Haiti’s gang violence – photo essay

As fighting intensifies in Port-au-Prince, only a fraction of its maternity services remain, and they are under constant threat

The Guardian - UK · Jul 28

More Palestinians die of starvation as famine spreads in Gaza – as it happened

Gaza hospitals record eight new deaths due to starvation and malnutrition, including two children

The Guardian - UK · Aug 23, 2025

Sudan cholera outbreak kills 40 in a week as health centres overwhelmed

MSF charity calls situation ‘beyond urgent’ as thousands seeking refuge from war rely on contaminated water

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2025

Palestinians in Gaza ‘enduring humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions’, says UN secretary general – as it happened

António Guterres says trickle of aid into Gaza must become an ocean as UN-backed experts say famine is underway

The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2025

UK, France and Germany call for immediate end to ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ in Gaza and say Israel must lift aid restrictions – as it happened

Joint statement says: ‘Withholding essential humanitarian assistance to the civilian population is unacceptable’

The Guardian - AU · Jul 25, 2025

'Call it genocide': MSF doctor urges UK to halt arms sales to Israel

A Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders doctor shares her work in Central African Republic and urges UK help for victims of the Gaza…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 16, 2025

Our Médecins Sans Frontières staff are being killed in Gaza. Why are UK ministers enabling that?

Britain has a duty to act morally, and stop supporting this genocide, says Médecins Sans Frontières UK executive director Dr Natalie Roberts

The Guardian - UK · Jul 14, 2025

Women and girls ‘not safe anywhere’ as Darfur suffers surge in sexual violence

Médecins Sans Frontières report sparks calls for Sudan’s warring parties to be held to account for rapes and attacks

The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2025