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Emergency Comms for @MSF, via Sudan, Turkiye, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Sierra Leone & South Sudan

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@MSF_Sudan
MSF Sudan
14 days
In a powerful op-ed for @AJEnglish, @MSF_IP Dr Javid Abdelmoneim describes mass killings, starvation, ethnic-based attacks, and people fleeing El-Fasher on foot. Countries that have influence with the warring parties must act to prevent further atrocities. https://t.co/aCBjm2s2IR
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aljazeera.com
Massacres at the start of the war in Sudan should have shocked the world into action. They didn't.
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@MSF_Sudan
MSF Sudan
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🚨 In Darfur, measles is spreading rapidly among children already weakened by conflict, malnutrition and limited access to healthcare. Delays in vaccination are putting lives at risk. @MSF urge the MOH and humanitarian actors to launch an urgent measles vaccination campaign.
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@MSF_Sudan
MSF Sudan
19 days
At the start of 2025, maternal care in El Geneina reached a critical point. A planned humanitarian partner withdrew after losing its USAID funding, leaving no one to manage maternity services. With few hospitals still functional, safe deliveries became almost inaccessible.
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@MSF_Sudan
MSF Sudan
1 month
Conflict, displacement and insufficient access to health services are contributing to a malnutrition crisis in #Sudan. Our teams are treating rising numbers of severely malnourished children; in areas like Tawila rates of malnutrition among children and adults are staggering.
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msf.org
Our teams in Sudan are seeing high rates of malnutrition, including among people who have fled atrocities in El Fasher.
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@MSF
MSF International
1 month
🚨 Our teams in Sudan are treating many people with malnutrition, including those who have fled atrocities in El Fasher. The warring parties in Sudan must grant humanitarians unimpeded access to people at risk of malnutrition. https://t.co/uhO5Ji6RS1
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msf.org
Our teams in Sudan are seeing high rates of malnutrition, including among people who have fled atrocities in El Fasher.
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@citizentvkenya
Citizen TV Kenya
1 month
Myriam Laaroussi, MSF Emergency Coordinator Darfur: There is a massive crisis in Sudan and I call for increased response in other humanitarian societies. Behind each of those numbers reported is a someone who could have a future #CitizenWeekend
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@cgtnafrica
CGTN Africa
2 months
Dr. Livia Tampellini, MSF Deputy Head of Emergency in Sudan, provided an update on El Fasher’s crisis, outlining the severe humanitarian and security situation there and in nearby Tawila, where many civilians are fleeing.
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@declanwalsh
Declan Walsh
2 months
The Aurora Prize — a $1m award that honors people who risk their lives to save others — has gone to Dr. Jamal Eltayeb, director of the Al Nao hospital in Omdurman, Sudan. https://t.co/uVYwK5BGro
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aurorahumanitarian.org
2025 Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity Awarded to Dr. Jamal Eltaeb
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@AuroraPrize_
Aurora Humanitarian Initiative
2 months
On November 6, the #AuroraPrize Selection Committee met in New York under the leadership of Lord Ara Darzi to deliberate and choose this year’s Aurora Prize Laureate. Following their deliberations, Dr. Jamal Eltaeb from Sudan has been named the 2025 Aurora Prize Laureate,
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@nafisaeltahir
Nafisa Eltahir
2 months
The RSF shot civilians by the dozen, street by street, and chased others fleeing, survivors of the first two days of the al-Fashir takeover told us. Their testimonies help explain what al-Fashir - cut off from the world - might look like now. Our story: https://t.co/qO9JUbnQvn
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reuters.com
Civilians in al-Fashir were shot in the streets, targeted in drone strikes and crushed by trucks, witnesses to the first days of the RSF's takeover described to Reuters, providing a glimpse into the...
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@nafisaeltahir
Nafisa Eltahir
2 months
New testimonies from @MSF_Sudan's clinic in Tawila, which is treating the impacts of the 18-month siege on al-Fashir including 100% child malnutrition. One man there said he saw hundreds dead on the way out - of thirst, exhaustion, and injuries. https://t.co/TtPjlTtX2G
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@MSF_Sudan
MSF Sudan
2 months
يواصل الناس محاولات الفرار من الفاشر، حيث وصل 300 شخص إلى طويلة بشمال دارفور يوم أمس. تكرر منظمة أطباء بلا حدود دعواتها لقوات الدعم السريع للسماح للمزيد من الأشخاص بالمرور بأمان، وسط تقارير عن أشخاص ما زالوا عالقين ومحتجزين مقابل فدية في محيط الفاشر. تفيد الفرق الطبية التابعة
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@MSF_Sudan
MSF Sudan
2 months
People continue to attempt to flee El Fasher, with 300 people arriving in Tawila, North Darfur, yesterday. @MSF reiterates its calls for the RSF to allow more people to flee safely amid reports of people remaining stranded and held for ransom around El Fasher. MSF medical teams
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@AuroraPrize_
Aurora Humanitarian Initiative
2 months
The 2025 Aurora Prize Laureate has been announced: Dr. Jamal Eltaeb from Sudan. Amid the country’s ongoing conflict and the collapse of its health system, Dr. Eltaeb has kept Al Nao Hospital in Omdurman open—one of the last lifelines for thousands in Khartoum. Read more here:
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@MSF_Sudan
MSF Sudan
2 months
Kornoi, Tine and Um Baru areas in North Darfur have experienced a sharp rise in drone attacks in recent days, causing many people to flee to Chad. In a horrifying attack a drone struck Kornoi Hospital on 3 November, killing and injuring several patients, including children and
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@MSF_Sudan
MSF Sudan
2 months
“We urgently call on the RSF and allied armed groups to spare civilians and let them flee El Fasher. We also urge the ‘Quad’ (US, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt) to use their leverage to stop the bloodbath,” says Michel Olivier Lacharité, @MSF head of emergencies. We are watching. The
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@MSF_Sudan
MSF Sudan
2 months
Just about 5,000 reached Tawila from El Fasher in 5 days according to aid organizations. “Where are the missing people who have survided months of famine and violence in El Fasher?” says Michel Olivier Lacharité, @MSF head of emergencies. #KeepEyesOnSudan #Sudan
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msf.org.uk
There is no time to waste to help survivors
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@AlArabiya_Eng
Al Arabiya English
2 months
Head of Emergency Operations at Médecins Sans Frontières Michel Olivier Lacharité explains how delivering aid in Sudan has become extremely dangerous, with roads negotiated between warring parties and widespread malnutrition signaling a severe medical disaster. #Sudan #MSF
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@MSF_canada
Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières
2 months
#Sudan: MSF fears large numbers of people remain trapped in grave danger in #ElFasher, blocked by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) from reaching safer areas after they and their allies seized control of the city this week. https://t.co/gwQxDrQ1lA
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@MSF_Sudan
MSF Sudan
2 months
"At the entrance of Tawila, we have set up a health post to assist people arriving from El Fasher. We screen all children under 5, on October 27th, 100% were malnourished, either severely or moderately. Three siblings arrived alone after losing their entire family.” Giulia
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