Overview

• Médecins sans Frontières teams in Darfur treated over 2,300 cholera patients and recorded at least 40 deaths in the past week, marking the most severe outbreak in years.
• The World Health Organization has documented roughly 100,000 cases across Sudan since July 2024, with the disease spreading into all 18 states.
• In Tawila, the epidemic’s epicenter, residents receive only about three liters of water per person per day, far below the 7.5-liter emergency minimum recommended by WHO.
• UNICEF reports that more than 640,000 children under five in North Darfur are at heightened risk as health and sanitation services collapse.
• Ongoing fighting between the army and paramilitaries has stalled humanitarian convoys, and agencies warn that the approaching rainy season could further cripple the response.