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Topic	Date	Location
Libya: Médecins Sans Frontières scales up medical response in Tripoli amid shocking scenes in hospitals The situation remains very tense in Tripoli despite the fact that more areas of the city are becoming accessible to medical aid. Médecins Sans Frontières has started working in medical facilities in the capital, donating...	29/08/2011	Libya
Libya: Médecins Sans Frontières brings medical relief to Tripoli hospitals Over the past 24 hours, Médecins Sans Frontières has been continuing to assess medical facilities in Tripoli and has begun to provide medical support.	26/08/2011	Libya
Libya: “Almost all of the hospitals around the city are receiving wounded” A three-person Médecins Sans Frontières team is currently in Tripoli with supplies and is starting to support facilities that are already overwhelmed with patients wounded in the fighting currently taking place in the Libyan...	25/08/2011	Libya
Palestinian Territories/Israel: Médecins Sans Frontières remains on the ready in Gaza On Thursday, August 18, terrorist attacks in southern Israel near the Egyptian border killed eight Israelis and wounded approximately 20 more. It was the deadliest operation carried out against Israel since 2008.	24/08/2011	Palestinian Territories
Somalia: Expanding activities despite significant obstacles For the past few weeks Médecins Sans Frontières teams in Somalia have been trying to expand their operations despite ongoing violence in the capital and other restrictions. As the number of malnourished children continues to...	24/08/2011	Somalia
Médecins Sans Frontières to expand medical response in western Libya Tripoli, 22nd August 2011. Médecins Sans Frontières is preparing to expand its medical response in western Libya to meet urgent humanitarian needs.	23/08/2011	Libya
“Our activities in Somalia try to progress despite limited access” Somalia has been in a state of war for 20 years. Today, forces of the Transitional Federal Government supported by the African Union Mission for Somalia (AMISOM) are fighting with Al-Shabaab armed group in Mogadishu and other...	22/08/2011	Somalia
Médecins Sans Frontières in Mogadishu: No Time to Waste David Michalski, emergency coordinator, and Said Hassan, field coordinator, recently left Mogadishu after launching the Médecins Sans Frontières activities there. In this interview they describe the humanitarian situation and the...	19/08/2011	Somalia
Somalia: Médecins Sans Frontières is rapidly scaling up its activities in Mogadishu 12 August, 2011. This week, Médecins Sans Frontières has sent medical teams and four charter planes carrying 55 tons of medical equipment, medicines and therapeutic food to Mogadishu in response to the crisis in Somalia. In the...	15/08/2011	Somalia
Libya: Providing medical assistance in Misrata, Benghazi, Zintan and Yefren Médecins Sans Frontières began its activities in Libya on February 25, 2011. Médecins Sans Frontières teams are currently providing medical assistance in Misrata, Benghazi, Zintan and Yefren.	12/08/2011	Libya