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    Libya: Mental health support needed after Storm Daniel destroys Derna
    Libya
    Libya: Mental health support needed after Storm Daniel destroys Derna
    Two weeks after Storm Daniel caused devastating floods that engulfed Derna and killed thousands in a few hours, search and rescue operations are about...
    Natural disasters
    Emergency response
    Mental health
    Libya: Doctors Without Borders prepares for medical response in Derna
    Libya
    Libya: Doctors Without Borders prepares for medical response in Derna
    As Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in Libya begin medical activities in the cities of Derna and Susah one week after th...
    Natural disasters
    Emergency response
    Libya: Doctors Without Borders teams assess needs in Storm Daniel aftermath
    Libya
    Libya: Doctors Without Borders teams assess needs in Storm Daniel aftermath
    A Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) team has arrived on 13 September 2023 evening from Misrata to Tobruk, east Libya and is due...
    Natural disasters
    Emergency response
    Madagascar: malnutrition spikes in the wake of climate shocks
    Madagascar
    Madagascar: malnutrition spikes in the wake of climate shocks
    An alarming situation is unfolding in southeast Madagascar, where malnutrition is on the rise in rural communities. People in the southeastern Ikongo ...
    Malnutrition
    Madagascar: Struggling for water across Great South
    Madagascar
    Madagascar: Struggling for water across Great South
    Obtaining water for drinking, cooking and washing is an everyday struggle for people in Madagascar’s Great South. Periods of drought – extremely frequ...
    Climate emergency
    Madagascar: Ongoing assessments after Cyclone Batsirai
    Madagascar
    Madagascar: Ongoing assessments after Cyclone Batsirai
    Tropical cyclone Batsirai hit Madagascar on February 5. According to the National Risk and Disaster Management Office (BNGRC), the initial toll amount...
    Natural disasters
    Hundreds of migrants detained after mass arrests in Tripoli
    Libya
    Hundreds of migrants detained after mass arrests in Tripoli
    “More than 600 migrants,asylum seekers and refugees,peacefullydemonstratingforrelocation,protection, and evacuation fromLibya werearrested andmovedto ...
    Refugees
    Libya: Thousands detained and many others left without medical care after five days of mass arrests
    Libya
    Libya: Thousands detained and many others left without medical care after five days of mass arrests
    Numbers of migrants and refugees held in detention centres in the Libyan city of Tripoli have risen dramatically – to more than threefold - over the p...
    Refugees
    Madagascar: Responding to the nutrition crisis in Grand Sud
    Madagascar
    Madagascar: Responding to the nutrition crisis in Grand Sud
    People in southern Madagascar are experiencing an exceptionally acute food and nutrition crisis that is leaving thousands of children severely ill and...
    Malnutrition