WHO Says Nearly 100,000 Struck With Cholera In Sudan

A doctor visiting a cholera patient at an isolation unit outside the Bashayer Hospital, south of Khartoum. Nearly 100,000 cases have been reported since July 2024 (Credit: AFP)

The World Health Organization on Thursday said nearly 100,000 cholera cases had been reported in Sudan since July last year, as it warned of more hunger, displacement and disease to come.

Since April 2023, Sudan has been torn apart by a power struggle between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, commander of the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. The fighting has killed tens of thousands.