Deaths from cholera in Sudan’s Darfur region have climbed to 235 among displaced communities since the outbreak began in June, with daily infections nearing 6,000, according to Al Arabiya/Al Hadath.
The Darfur Displaced and Refugees Coordination warned of an unprecedented spread into new areas of Central Darfur, including camps in Jebel Marra. The disease is now concentrated in Tawila, west of El Fasher, as well as Martal and Tabra to the south.
In North Darfur’s Abu Shouk camp, 60 people – mostly women, children and the elderly – have died in recent days from hunger and malnutrition. Aid workers say severe wasting is now common, and the situation in El Fasher has entered a “critical danger” phase.
On the military front, sources told Al Arabiya that several Rapid Support Forces (RSF) members were killed in an airstrike on a training camp in South Darfur. The attack is part of ongoing SAF air raids on RSF-controlled areas in Darfur and Kordofan aimed at crippling the group’s military capacity and cutting supply lines.
The World Health Organization said last week that Sudan has recorded around 100,000 cholera cases since July 2024, warning that war, mass displacement, and worsening malnutrition are fuelling the spread of disease.
