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- Speaking Out - Rwanda - Episode 7: The ‘Forced Flight’ reportIn May 1997, MSF published a new study describing the movements of refugees in the Great Lakes region of Africa and the fate of refugees. MSF planned to distribute the report to a small group of journalists, asking them not to cite MSF as the source of the information. However, a lack of communication between MSF offices and with the teams in the field, exacerbates tensions.
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21 min - Speaking Out - Rwanda - Episode 6: Silent vs public advocacyMSF's exploratory mission teams complete their reports on their Masisi and Shabunda visits. Details of mass graves, massacres, and the fact that the ADFL used humanitarian teams as bait to lure refugees out of the forests, sent shock waves through MSF offices. A debate about the use of the information collected ensued: should it be made public or not?
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43 min - Speaking Out - Rwanda - Episode 5: Forest exodusThe ADFL takes control of all of the Kivu province and refugees continue to flee their rapid advance eastwards through the forest. MSF struggles to maintain access to the refugees amidst the violence, restrictions, and threats to team safety, while receiving continued reports about refugee massacres.
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46 min - Speaking Out - Rwanda - Episode 4: Humanitarians used as baitFinally allowed into South Kivu, a province in eastern Zaire, the MSF teams discover that refugees are being massacred by the ADFL and its allies, particularly in the Massisi and the Shabunda regions. MSF realises that MSF teams are used as bait by the ADFL to lure the refugees out of the forests and kill them.
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42 min - Speaking Out - Rwanda - Episode 3: Under fire in the pressIn November 1996, the offensive led by the ADFL and Rwandan forces empties the camps in eastern Zaire of their population. Some refugees were repatriated to Rwanda and others fled into the neighboring forest. MSF denounces the repatriation conditions and is reproached by the press for "catastrophic" forecasts made a few weeks earlier.
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44 min - Speaking Out - Rwanda - Episode 2: Information war over refugee numbersAs the instability of the region increases, MSF and other humanitarian organisations are eventually forced out of eastern Zaire entirely. MSF suspects that thousands of refugees are suffering and at risk of dying. The organisation decides to launch an appeal for an armed international intervention and communicates about the plight of the population, predicting a health catastrophe, if access for aid agencies is not provided.
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35 min - Speaking Out - Rwanda - Episode 1: Resumption of war in eastern ZaireIn 1996, MSF attempts to alert the international community about the resurgence of conflict in eastern Zaire, as witnessed by teams on the ground. The perpetrators of the Rwandan Tutsi genocide, living in refugee camps, threaten and attack the Zairean civilian population. The same perpetrators are holding Rwandan refugees that fled the 1994 genocide, hostage within the camps. The new Rwandan regime and its Zairian ally, the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire (ADFL), launches counter attacks on the refugee camps.
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28 min - MSF staff member sends a voice message from MariupolThe situation for residents in Mariupol is increasingly desperate. On 12 March 2022, a member of Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) sent this update from the city under siege.3 min
- Special episode: Climate Crisis = Health Crisis: A COP26 debrief with MSFIn this episode of Everyday Emergency, we'll listen in on a discussion about COP26, why MSF was a part of it, and what the MSF delegates attending the summit learned from their participation. The discussion is hosted by Dr Christos Christou, MSF's international president, and took place as a Twitter Spaces conversation on Friday 19 November 2021. Christos chats with Dr Maria Guevara, MSF's international medical secretary, and Stephen Cornish, General Director of MSF Switzerland, both of whom attended COP26 as MSF observational delegates this year.Episode photo © Frederic Noy/COSMOS
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53 min - South Sudan: Voices from Bentiu
On 9 July 2021, the Republic of South Sudan marked its 10th birthday. This significant milestone is also marred by the bloody legacy of its first decade, including a five-year civil war.
At independence, South Sudan was grappling with at least 30 humanitarian emergencies. Parts of the country were engulfed in increasingly fierce intercommunal clashes, and there was renewed conflict in border areas with Sudan. Despite the challenges, the first years in the post-independence period were a time of anticipation and optimism and, for most of the country, it was a period of relative peace.
However, by December 2013 – less than two years after independence – the country had rapidly imploded into civil war, quickly exposing the fragility of the emerging young state.
In this episode of Everyday Emergency, we’ll be hearing the personal stories of four of our South Sudanese staff – all of whom now work in a displacement camp near the town of Bentiu. We hear about the impact of the conflict on their lives over the last 10 years, and what brought them to the country's largest camp.
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About Everyday Emergency
From the publisher's feed
Welcome to Everyday Emergency, a podcast by Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF).
We bring you true stories and expert insight from people on the frontline of humanitarian…
events. From the conflicts that hit the headlines to underreported crises, we’ll be talking to our medical, logistical and humanitarian staff about working to save lives in some of the world's most challenging places.
If you would like to support our life-saving medical work around the world, please visit msf.org.uk to make a donation or get involved.
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