Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been on the ground to witness much of this history and continues to provide urgently needed medical humanitarian aid there.
This year, award-winning photographer Moises Saman joined MSF on the 50-mile journey between El Geneina, capital of Sudan’s West Darfur state, and towns in eastern Chad, where more than 880,000 refugees have fled since the fighting began. His aim was to shine a light on people somehow finding ways to survive, even as they are caught in cycles of violence and displacement.
MSF teams work in both Sudan and Chad, providing care for war-wounded patients, malnutrition treatment for children and pregnant women, support for communities affected by disease outbreaks, and humanitarian aid for displaced people, among many other services. But we cannot meet all the needs alone. The situation in Sudan has deteriorated further since the US government announced the suspension of foreign aid in January. As a result, MSF lost key international partners who had been working to rehabilitate and equip mother-and-child health facilities and support their operating costs in West Darfur, an area that has become a flashpoint in the conflict.
As the situation on the ground continues to evolve, we remain committed to helping people impacted by this neglected crisis.
Right: Hassan, 18, stands outside his shelter in Adré refugee camp, where he has lived since he and his family fled the violence in West Darfur in 2023. Left: A mother sits with her malnourished child under a mosquito net in an MSF malnutrition ward in Adré. Chad 2025 © Moises Saman/Magnum Photos
Right: Balloons and toys offer a rare moment of joy for young patients in a psychological support session held by MSF at El Geneina Teaching Hospital. Left: Families wait inside El Geneina Teaching Hospital, one of the few public hospitals still functioning in West Darfur. Sudan 2025 © Moises Saman/Magnum Photos
