The Sudanese Ministry of Health has reported that 15 more people have died from cholera, raising the death toll to 328 since the epidemic was declared on 12 August. Additionally, at least 225 people have lost their lives due to severe flooding that has recently devastated the country.
The ministry confirmed 271 new cholera cases across four states—River Nile, Kassala, Gadarif, and Sennar—spanning northern, eastern, and southern Sudan. “The total number of recorded cases is now 10,022,” the ministry stated, affecting ten of Sudan’s eighteen states.
Sudan currently operates 30 cholera treatment centres, with half of them funded by the Ministry of Health and state authorities. The remaining centres receive financial support from international and local organisations, as well as UN agencies.
These health crises come as Sudan continues to grapple with a brutal conflict between the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces, which began in April 2023. The ongoing war has resulted in approximately 18,800 deaths and displaced nearly ten million people, according to the UN.
International organisations and the UN have issued increasing pleas to avert a full-scale humanitarian disaster in Sudan, where millions face starvation and death due to severe food shortages exacerbated by the ongoing conflict, which has spread to thirteen states.