News from the Africa Mercy Archives

News from the Africa Mercy

The Africa Mercy is back in Madagascar
02.02.24

Mercy Ships is back in Madagascar to bring transformative surgical education and free, life-changing surgeries. 

Read more
News from the Africa Mercy

The Africa Mercy is back in Dakar
04.02.22

The Africa Mercy has returned as promised to Senegal. We will continue the surgical operations and training that were interrupted by the pandemic.

Read more
News from the Africa Mercy

Next field service: Senegal
22.12.21

In early 2022, the Mercy Ships hospital ship, the Africa Mercy, will return to Dakar for a humanitarian field service in Senegal.

Read more
News from the Africa Mercy

Interrupting our field service
01.06.20

The Coronavirus pandemic has impacted Mercy Ships in several areas. It especially affected our mission in Senegal; our hospital ship had to leave Dakar, three months earlier than planned.

Read more
News from the Africa Mercy

Successful Mission in Senegal
28.05.20

Before our hospital ship had to abruptly leave the port of Dakar, the mission in Senegal was very successful: a large number of patients were delivered from their suffering.

Read more
News from the Africa Mercy

Field service in Senegal is currently suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic
19.03.20

Due to the current situation related to COVID-19, WHO recommendations and the resulting increase in travel restrictions, Mercy Ships had to suspend its humanitarian mission in Senegal.

Read more
News from the Africa Mercy

A 100’000 thanks to you all!
23.05.19

This is a milestone for the humanitarian organization created in Lausanne in 1978: the 100,000th free surgery1 on board one of the Mercy Ships hospital ships

Read more
News from the Africa Mercy

First field service in Cameroon
06.09.17

The Africa Mercy arrived mid-August 2017 in Cameroon and dropped anchor in the port city of Douala.

Read more
News from the Africa Mercy

Africa Mercy in dry dock
27.07.17

During our technical stop in the Canary Islands, the Africa Mercy was taken out of the water to check the general condition of her hull and receive a new coat of anti-rust paint.

Read more

Our Blog

5 most read articles

3 last published articles