Cholera Still Kills Thousands Each Year – in Places without Clean Water, It’s Far From History
OCHA said more than 20,000 people have fled recent violence, while Sudan’s 2026 aid appeal is only 40% funded.
- The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs warned that conflict, mass displacement, and a worsening cholera outbreak are driving humanitarian needs across Sudan.
- Escalating insecurity and intercommunal violence in Darfur have displaced more than 20,000 people in recent weeks, while fighting intensified around the city of Obeid in North Kordofan.
- Across Sudan, at least 330 children were reportedly killed or injured during the first six months of this year, including four children killed in a July 24 attack near Burbur.
- Amid more than 2,000 suspected cholera cases and 170 deaths since May, The International Committee of the Red Cross recently trained 114 fighters on humanitarian law.
- Sudan's 2026 humanitarian appeal has received only around 40 per cent of the $2.9 billion required, prompting OCHA to warn that funding shortages severely limit the response scale.
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UNICEF says conflict in Sudan's north Kordofan kills 23 children in two months
The conflict in Sudan, now in its fourth year, continues to fuel one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, with millions of children facing displacement, hunger and limited access to basic services.
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Cholera still kills thousands each year – in places without clean water, it’s far from history
Many Americans have heard about cholera only from “The Oregon Trail,” the retro computer game in which players try to get their 1830s pioneers to the Oregon Territory. If your wagon train comes down with this highly contagious bacterial infection, the pioneers could die from diarrhea and dehydration before they get out of Nebraska. In the 21st century, the U.S. records fewer than 20 cholera cases per year, nearly all of them in travelers who wer…
UN Warns Conflict, Displacement and Cholera Are Deepening Sudan's Humanitarian Crisis
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned that conflict, mass displacement and a worsening cholera outbreak are driving humanitarian needs higher across Sudan.
Khartoum – Darfur24: The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned that the ongoing armed conflict and intercommunal violence in the Darfur region has displaced more than 20,000 people recently, at a time when humanitarian needs are worsening as the cholera epidemic continues to spread in Sudan. The Deputy Spokesperson said... [The post "More than 20,000 displaced in Darfur" appeared first on the Darfur24 n…
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