
A “double-tap” barrel bombing hit a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital, known as Doctors Without Borders in America, in Zafarana in Syria’s Homs province, killing seven people and injuring 47.
by Mary Chastain2 Dec 2015, 12:38 PM PST0

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The blame for the accidental bombing of a Doctors Without Borders hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz has fallen on some American troops who, as a result, have been suspended from their duties and are under investigation by the military for not following the rules of engagement during the strike, the top commander of U.S.-led troops in Afghanistan told reporters.
by Edwin Mora26 Nov 2015, 9:49 AM PST0

The Doctors Without Borders (MSF) hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan was treating 20 wounded Taliban members when it was bombed last month by U.S. military aircraft, according an internal review of the attack.
by Edwin Mora6 Nov 2015, 3:36 PM PST0

Thursday on Fox News Channel’s “Shepard Smith Reports,” host Shepard Smith castigated former CIA operations officer Joshua Katz, for suggesting that a bombing last month hitting an Afghan hospital might have been warranted since support was being provided to the Taliban.
by Breitbart TV6 Nov 2015, 11:34 AM PST0

While the Obama administration deals with the fallout from bombing a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan, the Saudis have a similar situation on their hands in Yemen, where a Saudi-led coalition has been conducting airstrikes against Iran-backed Houthi insurgents.
by John Hayward28 Oct 2015, 9:59 PM PST0

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) provided inaccurate location data for nearly two dozen health facilities in the western Afghan province of Herat, placing the hospitals at risk of suffering the same deadly fate as the Doctors Without Borders medical center, a watchdog agency appointed by Congress found.
by Edwin Mora28 Oct 2015, 8:19 PM PST0

As west Africa struggles to recover from an ongoing Ebola crisis and the continent’s poorest nations work to develop medical infrastructures, The New York Times warns that mental health treatment in much of nations like Togo and Ghana amounts to constraining patients with chains and taking them to spiritual consultants.
by Frances Martel13 Oct 2015, 3:26 PM PST0

An apology from the President of the United States is not enough for Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres) (MSF). The organization wants to pursue an international investigation into the alleged “war crime” committed by U.S. forces when American fighter jets bombed an MSF facility that was operating in Taliban-contested territory, killing 22 people, including 12 members of MSF’s staff.
by Jordan Schachtel8 Oct 2015, 9:58 AM PST0

U.S. General John Campbell claims that Afghan allies called in a U.S. airstrike that killed 22 people at a Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres) (MSF) clinic, in direct contrast to an earlier statement which claimed that the American military acted independently.
by Jordan Schachtel6 Oct 2015, 2:17 PM PST0

Médicins Sans Frontières (MSF), known as Doctors Without Borders in America, “demanded an independent” investigation into a U.S. airstrike in Kunduz, Afghanistan, that killed 22 people, including 12 of the group’s doctors.
by Mary Chastain5 Oct 2015, 9:57 AM PST0

Art is popular with children psychologists, since children do not have to speak about violence they witnessed and endured. Psychologists are using this treatment with Boko Haram’s child victims.
by Mary Chastain1 Sep 2015, 5:29 PM PST0

The government of Sierra Leone received a mere six-day respite from fighting Ebola, as a new case announced today resets the countdown clock to declaring the nation Ebola-free. The body of a 67-year-old woman in remote Kambia district has tested positive for the virus.
by Frances Martel31 Aug 2015, 6:25 PM PST0

A multimillionaire couple has bought a boat and are using it to save thousands of desperate migrants crossing from Africa to Europe.
by Michael Lucchese24 Jun 2015, 8:26 PM PST0

Anti-government riots and violence increase in Burundi; Concerns over an all-out crisis civil war in Burundi are misplaced; Fears grow in Central Asia of an ISIS-Taliban alliance in Afghanistan
by John J. Xenakis8 May 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

According to the Associated Press, Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad is open to discussing cooperating with the United States—years after President Obama’s chemical weapons “red line” debacle—but demands respect as a legitimate ruler despite cementing power in an election the State Department openly called a “sham.”
by John Hayward27 Mar 2015, 7:57 PM PST0

Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, the head of the United Nations mission against the Ebola virus in Africa, told the BBC he expects the outbreak that began in February 2014 to be vanquished “by the end of the summer.”
by Frances Martel23 Mar 2015, 9:14 AM PST0

The brother of an American woman who was killed after spending months as a hostage of Islamic State militants says Kayla Mueller’s situation worsened after the government traded five Taliban commanders for a captive U.S. soldier.
by Breitbart News23 Feb 2015, 5:25 PM PST0