Darfur Experiencing Worst Cholera Outbreak In Years

The AP (8/14, Khaled) says, “Cholera is spreading rapidly in Darfur, killing 40 people and infecting more than 2,300 over the past week alone because of water shortages and a collapsed health care system have left communities vulnerable amid the ongoing war in Sudan, Doctors Without Borders said in a report Thursday.” As of Monday, “a total of 99,700 suspected cases and more than 2,470 related deaths have been reported in Sudan since the cholera outbreak began in July 2024.” The group “said that the outbreak was the worst the North African country has seen in years.”