At least 27 people were killed and approximately 29 injured in an attack in Kabul this morning, according to the Afghan Interior Ministry. The incident took place during a commemoration ceremony for the death of the Hazara leader Abdul Ali Mazari, who was killed by the Taliban in 1995. They have denied responsibility for today’s […]

“Police use tear gas against migrants attempting to cross the Greek border. The coast guard shoot at a refugee boat. Far-right militants use sticks and rocks to attack migrants on the Greek islands. The Prime Minister announces the suspension of asylum applications in Greece for the next month. A three-year-old boy dies during an attempted […]

Yesterday, we received 12 wounded patients at EMERGENCY’s Surgical Centre for War Victims in Kabul. At around 7pm local time, two bicycle bombs went off in the city centre, hitting dozens of people, some of them young pupils from a local school.  The attack followed another the day before, which saw a motorbike blown up and five patients transferred to us us. No one […]

After 18 years, EMERGENCY’s work at the Paediatric Centre in Goderich is drawing to an end. On 29 February 2020, EMERGENCY will end its paediatric work at the centre. Opened in 2002 to provide free treatment of high quality to children under 14, the Paediatric Centre in Goderich has done just that for 100 patients […]

The fuse lit by the killing of General Soleimani has led to the expected consequences. Last night, two military bases in Ayn al-Asad and Erbil, Iraq, were attacked by Iranian missiles. There are conflicting reports of casualties. This is the logic of war. Once violence is chosen, it multiplies and spirals out of any control. […]

EMERGENCY’s programme – SAFOES, Health, Training and Health Promotion for the most vulnerable people in Sierra Leone – financed by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), was created in response to the problems identified by EMERGENCY through its continuous analysis of the needs in Sierra Leone. Started a few months ago, the programme will […]

Despite criticism from the international community, the Turkish army has been given the green light to conduct Operation ‘Peace Spring’. After starting the offensive against the Kurdish militias in north-eastern Syria, they are proceeding with air raids, on an almost a daily basis, in nearby Iraqi Kurdistan. Several north-eastern Syrian cities are being bombed heavily. […]

‘Beyond the Beach – The Hell and the Hope’, a documentary focused on EMERGENCY’s work around the world, will have its world premiere at the 76th Venice International Film Festival in the Sconfini section. The film is the directorial debut of British producer Graeme A Scott and the American cinematographer Buddy Squires. The media screening […]