Tue May 27 21:16:46 UTC 2025: ## Sudan Faces Cholera Spike Amid Conflict, Attacks on Water Infrastructure
**Khartoum, Sudan** – Sudan’s Ministry of Health is grappling with a significant surge in cholera cases, reporting 2,700 infections and 172 deaths in just the past week. The crisis is exacerbated by ongoing conflict between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has crippled vital infrastructure and access to clean water.
Ninety percent of the reported cholera cases are concentrated in Khartoum state, where drone strikes, attributed to the RSF, have severely disrupted water and electricity supplies. Doctors Without Borders (MSF) confirmed that water treatment stations in Khartoum are now unable to operate due to the lack of electricity, forcing residents to rely on unsafe water sources.
“Water treatment stations no longer have electricity and cannot provide clean water from the Nile,” stated Slaymen Ammar, MSF’s medical coordinator in Khartoum.
Cholera, a preventable and treatable disease when access to clean water, sanitation, and medical care are readily available, can prove fatal within hours if left untreated. The outbreak is further straining Sudan’s already fragile healthcare system, which has been pushed to its limits by the ongoing war.
The conflict has forced the closure of up to 90 percent of the country’s hospitals at some point, according to the doctors’ union, with health facilities frequently targeted in attacks.
The war, now in its third year, has caused a humanitarian catastrophe, resulting in the deaths of tens of thousands and displacing 13 million people, contributing to what the UN calls the world’s largest displacement and hunger crisis. The spike in cholera cases serves as a stark reminder of the devastating consequences of the conflict on the civilian population.
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