Dr Salah Eltahir is a surgeon in Somalia, working at our fistula care unit in Baidoa. He tells us what fistula is, and why comprehensive treatment is so important 👇
🏥 En Nigeria y Somalia, trabajamos junto a las autoridades sanitarias para ofrecer cirugía reconstructiva y apoyo integral a nuestras pacientes.
💙 Porque ninguna mujer debería sufrir sola una lesión que puede tratarse.
👉 https://t.co/FmGWLMALKX
With temperatures already reaching 34°C this week, residents of the Gaza Strip are facing extreme heat with no regular access to water. Over two and a half years of genocidal assault, the Israeli military has systematically destroyed more than 84% of the Strip’s water and sanitation infrastructure, leading to the total collapse of basic living systems.
Even now, seven months after the “ceasefire” agreement came into effect, Israel continues to block the entry of essential equipment needed for reconstruction. The military is preventing the entry of filtration systems, tanks and construction materials required to operate these systems, thereby preventing any possibility of restoring healthcare and water systems for millions of people.
In the displacement camps, the reality is unbearable. Families are forced to live alongside flowing sewage and piles of garbage accumulating between the tents. Due to the severe shortage, displaced people are routinely forced to use contaminated, undrinkable water. Many report having to forgo bathing or cooking to save the little clean water they have for drinking.
The deadly combination of heat, pollution and lack of basic hygiene conditions is leading to the spread of severe skin and intestinal diseases. The few remaining water sources become contaminated more quickly in high temperatures, causing dehydration and acute diarrhea, especially among children. Experts estimate that the combined damage to infrastructure led to thousands of indirect deaths already in the first year of the assault.
By continuing to block humanitarian aid and deliberately destroy life-sustaining infrastructure, Israel is perpetuating conditions in Gaza that are unfit for human habitation.
The genocide in the Gaza Strip continues.
“The torture of Palestinian detainees is part of a wider Israeli assault on Palestinian life. In Gaza, the genocide continues. In the West Bank, violence by the military and of settler militias is intensifying, displacing entire Palestinian communities families from their land. In detention facilities, Palestinians are systematically tortured. The pattern is the same throughout: escalating violence, the removal of restraints, and the normalization of a system that strips Palestinians of protection” writes Yuli Novak, executive director of B’Tselem, in an Op-ed for @guardian
Read the full article >> https://t.co/meHk2SurI3
Somalia🇸🇴:
Malnutrition admissions at MSF facilities in Mudug surged in 2025 up 46% for outpatient and 58% for inpatient cases, as drought-driven displacement, dried-up water sources, and sweeping funding cuts push 151,000 displaced people to the brink.
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Somalia faces a worsening drought crisis
Millions are facing hunger, water shortages and displacement — yet aid remains far short of what’s needed.
Urgent support is crucial to save lives.
More from @UNOCHA: https://t.co/MfEKNAJrSu
In Somalia, people don’t describe aid cuts as statistics – they know that they won’t get lifesaving support.
I talked to @CBC from Mogadishu 👇🏼
https://t.co/PPzifYsjXC
2/ Excluding Israel from a platform’s core functionality goes beyond political expression; it imposes a blanket restriction tied to national identity. It delegitimizes Israel and denies its right to exist and the Jewish right to self-determination. An app built around that kind of exclusion raises questions about its compliance with App Store policies.
Reaching healthcare has become more difficult for people in Somalia, as rising fuel prices are increasing transportation costs.
📢 The international community must ensure that resources are in place to keep humanitarian activities running.
https://t.co/uWe3D2lbND
#Somalie : à Mudug, l’insécurité alimentaire qui a atteint des seuils critiques expose la population à un risque accru de contracter la #tuberculose et diminue les chances de guérison.
https://t.co/3B9Z6T8aIq
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