SUDAN:

After more than 500 days of siege and attack, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized control of the city of El Fasher on Oct. 26. Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has warned that large numbers of people are likely still trapped in the city, where they are subjected to mass atrocities, including ethnically targeted killings and torture. We have called on the RSF to protect civilians and allow them to reach safer areas, including the nearby town of Tawila, where we work. Our teams in Tawila have been responding to extreme levels of hunger, in what became the most severe example of a malnutrition crisis since the start of the war in Sudan.

JAMAICA:

On Oct. 28, Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica, causing devastating flooding and widespread destruction. It then swept across Cuba, affecting Haiti and other countries in the region. In the immediate aftermath, Jamaica’s airport was closed, but our teams prepared for action and landed in the country with an emergency team and supplies on Nov. 1. We worked to reach the most remote areas where people had been completely cut off due to road damage. The hurricane also caused massive damage to regional hospitals and health centres. MSF did not work in Jamaica prior to the disaster.