A deadly cholera outbreak has killed 70 people in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, within just two days, health officials confirmed Thursday.
The Khartoum state health ministry reported 1,177 infections and 45 deaths on Tuesday, followed by 942 new cases and 25 more deaths on Wednesday.
The outbreak follows weeks of infrastructure collapse disabled water and electricity across the capital.
Khartoum has been the epicentre of a brutal war between General Abdel Fattah al Burhan-led army and the Rapid Support Forces for over two years, leaving the city in ruins.
Almost 90 percent of hospitals in the main conflict zones have shut down, crippling efforts to contain disease outbreaks.
The federal health ministry recorded 172 cholera-related deaths last week alone, with nine out of ten occurring in the capital.
Officials say 89 percent of patients in isolation are recovering, but warn that collapsing sanitation is fuelling a sharp rise in cases.
Cholera, while historically endemic to Sudan, has resurged with growing ferocity since the war erupted, worsening an already dire humanitarian crisis.
With health infrastructure in tatters, Khartoum now faces an invisible enemy as lethal as any on the battlefield.
