The devastating floods caused by storm Daniel have split the coastal town of Derna, in eastern Libya, in two. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), which has regular operations in the west of the country, sent a team there from Tripoli. It arrived on 14 September, donated medical kits and is beginning to assess needs. It has also met with the Ministry of Health and is working with the Libyan Red Crescent, the main humanitarian player on the ground.

Images from Lampedusa showing hundreds of people left for hours in the sun before receiving assistance, and severe overcrowding at the island’s ‘hotspot,’ are evidence of a predictable failure, MSF has said.

An emergency team arrived in Morocco on 10 September to assess the situation and needs following the earthquake that struck the centre of the country on Friday 8 September. John Johnson, emergency coordinator for Médecins Sans Frontières, describes the situation on the ground, the medical needs and the outpouring of solidarity that followed this natural disaster.

Last weekend, MSF teams treated over 100 people wounded in two separate locations of Khartoum following deadly attacks. At least 49 people were killed in the strikes. This was the deadliest weekend witnessed by MSF teams in Khartoum since the beginning of the conflict, five months ago.