Airstrike reportedly hits doctors without borders facility in yemen the international aid group says the cholera treatment center had clear markings and that it gave its coordinates to the saudiuaeled coalition that carried out the strike. On may 21, an afghan child is treated at a doctors without borders hospital. Cone also called the attack on the hospital in afghanistan a war crime and insisted this was a known building to american forces operating in the area and is both a. Its the third attack on a hospital in as many months. Saudi arabia has given hadi shelter and bombed houthi sites in an. The two doctors, jiske steensma left and navpreet sahsi, sit in front of the tents that serve as living quarters for the international workers. Nato has said it will conduct an investigation into the attack. Analysts say an investigation is needed, but diplomatic fallout is more likely than a. Its not clear whos responsible for the attack, but it is part of an alarming trend.
A trauma center in kunduz, afghanistan doctors without. Obama apologizes for airstrike on afghan hospital wsj. Moreover, in an interview sunday with the npr program all things considered, doctors without borders executive director jason cone described the tragedy as the darkest couple of days in our organizations history. Thousands of people were killed or wounded, and many more driven from their homes. Doctors without borders rejects obamas apology for. Doctors without borders calls on president obama and 75 other geneva signatories to investigate the kunduz, afghanistan, bombing by activating the never before used factfinding commission of the geneva conventions. Doctors without borders evacuates teams from hospitals in. Doctors without borders are now doctors in anguish wbur. Emma bowman, photographed for npr, 27 july 2019, in washington dc. Doctors without borders are now doctors in anguish. Goats and soda jason cone, executive director of the aid group, talks about the impact of the bombing on his staff and on the people of afghanistan. An attack destroyed a trauma center early saturday in kunduz, afghanistan, as u.
Today we have new information about the bombing of a doctors without borders hospital in kunduz, afghanistan, last month. That awkward moment when one nobel peace prize winner. Airstrike reportedly hits doctors without borders facility. And it isnt the only attack tuesday as a suicide blast tears through a. Doctors without borders wants independent inquiry into u. The two doctors, jiske steensma left and navpreet sahsi, sit in front of the tents that serve as living quarters for the international workers during their threetosixmonth stints. Bombing of doctors without borders hospital in yemen kills. Doctors without borders hospital bombed in yemen a medical clinic for doctors without borders was hit by an air strike in yemen, where a saudiled offensive continues and conditions for civilians are getting dire. Doctors without borders won the nobel peace prize in 1999. The next attack was on wednesday night at a treatment center seven miles away, in a city called butembo. Msf says at least 42 people were killed in the attack, including 14 staff members. Service members disciplined in mistaken airstrikes.
Airstrike hits doctors without borders hospital in. Joanne liu, chief of doctors without borders, for the united states bombing of a hospital in. As war dangers multiply, doctors without borders struggles. Doctors without borders has demanded an independent inquiry, rejecting the three current investigations by the us, nato and the afghans as compromised by their partiality. Our book about womens health is available for free download. Books educational tools films engage with us bring msf to your community volunteer join a student chapter stand with refugees. Our teams conduct independent evaluations to determine medical needs and what assistance we provide. Doctors without borders aka medecins sans frontieres, or msf was founded in 1971 by rebellious french doctors.
Medecins sans frontieres doctors without borders msf treats people where the need is greatest. Hofman says employees felt their trust had been violated. The doctors without borders charity group said that president barack obamas apology for the bombing of one of the groups hospitals in the afghan city of kunduz is not enough, and called for an international investigation into what it said was an alleged. Then he went to jordan for better medical care with doctors without borders. It is arguably the most respected humanitarian organization in the world, delivering emergency aid to victims of armed conflict, epidemics and natural disasters as well as to many others who lack reliable health care. It has been reported that at least 42 people were killed and over 30 were injured. As commanderinchief of the military that bombed the doctors without borders hospital, this makes obama perhaps the first nobel peace prize winner to bomb another nobel peace prize winner.
The assault in kabul targets a maternity ward and shocks a country grimly accustomed to violence. Human error led to msf strike, general says cnnpolitics. Jason cone, the executive director of the aid group, talks about the impact of the bombing on his staff and on the people of afghanistan. Afghanistan hospital bombing a tragedy, not war crime. Five days and five nights with doctors without borders npr. Attack on msf hospital a tragic but avoidable accident. International panel set to investigate deadly bombing of doctors without borders hospital but must first get assurance us and afghanistan will comply. Doctors without borders executive director jason cone calls the bombing of a hospital in kunduz, afghanistan by american forces a war crime. Aerial bombings have, however, continued, despite the fact that msf has systematically shared the gps coordinates of hospitals in which we. The us military never gave doctors without borders prior notification of a deadly airstrike on its field hospital in kunduz, the aid group said on wednesday, in an apparent violation of the. A wounded doctors without borders staff member, a survivor of the u. Charity watchdog shakes up ratings to focus on results. Obama issues rare apology over bombing of doctors without.
Morning at the msf hospital compound in bentiu, south sudan. Doctors without borders rejects obamas apology for bombing afghan hospital. Doctors without borders president joanne liu right is calling for an international factfinding investigation into a u. He moved to the united states in 2012, leaving his family including brothers who also survived the bombing. Josh earnest, the white house spokesman, said president obama offered his condolences to dr. Doctors without borders are now doctors in anguish kpbs. President obama called doctors without borders to apologize for the u.
President barack obama personally apologized to doctors without borders for the deadly u. Doctors without borders suspends operations in ebola. The attack by an american aircraft lasted nearly half an hour, leaving 30 staff and patients dead and another 36 injured. Just last week, doctors without borders the same group treating victims in aden pulled out of hospitals in yemens north, citing the threat posed by airstrikes from the saudiled coalition. The burned doctors without borders hospital is seen after explosions in the.
Doctors without borders hospital bombed in yemen over the weekend, a hospital in yemen was bombed and five people were killed. Now, one year later, doctors without borders expects to reopen the hospital in kunduz, and pentagon sources tell npr s tom bowman the aid group has met with senior u. Doctors without bordersmedecins sans frontieres msf says the. As a result of the skyrocketing malaria caseload, compounded by limited. At least 37 were wounded, and some were flown to kabul for treatment. At least 12 staff members and seven patients including three children were killed when the hospital, run by doctors without borders, was badly damaged in the airstrike early saturday in kunduz. We help people threatened by violence, neglect, natural disasters, epidemics and health emergencies. A number of books about msf offer an insiders perspective. We are an international medical humanitarian organisation. Airstrike reportedly hits doctors without borders facility in. Survivor of suicide bombing in iraq graduates from college. That attack left 29 people dead, injured 140 and forced tens of thousands to flee their shelters. On 3 october 2015, a united states air force acu gunship attacked the kunduz trauma centre operated by medecins sans frontieres msf, or doctors without borders in the city of kunduz, in the province of the same name in northern afghanistan.
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