Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says that Sudan’s Darfur region is facing its worst cholera outbreak in years, with at least forty deaths reported in the past week and more than 2,470 deaths nationwide since August 2024. The crisis has been caused by the two-year war between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary RSP, which has displaced millions and severely restricted access to clean water. In Tawila, 380,000 displaced people survive on an average of only three litres of water a day - less than half the emergency minimum. Contaminated sources, damaged sanitation systems, and mass displacement have accelerated the disease’s spread, which now reaches beyond Sudan into Chad and South Sudan. MSF’s head of mission has warned that heavy rains are worsening conditions: he said, ‘Survivors of war must not be left to die from a preventable disease.’ Without urgent humanitarian intervention, the outbreak threatens to spiral further, endangering countless lives in an already devastated region.
Sudan: at least forty dead in a week in worst cholera outbreak in years
Written by David Fletcher 14 Aug 2025
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- Pray: for swift relief efforts to bring clean water, medical care, and hope to Sudan’s suffering communities. (Psalm 107:19-20)
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