Doctors aid group lists top 10 humanitarian crises

Doctors Without Borders issued a top 10 list of humanitarian crises that included Congo, Somalia, Iraq and Sudan as well as what it called "neglected medical emergencies" in Myanmar and Zimbabwe.

The international medical aid group said its list underscored the difficulties in bringing assistance to people affected by violence, especially highly politicised conflicts such as those in Pakistan, Iraq, Sudan and Somalia. The eighth country on the list was Ethiopia, where Doctors Without Borders, known by its French acronym MSF, said violence and harsh climactic conditions made living a struggle for people in the Somali region of the country.

The other two crises on the list were not in particular countries, but rather cross-border problems.