Cholera is spreading rapidly in Darfur, killing 40 people and infecting over 2,300 over the past week alone due to water shortages and a collapsed healthcare system have left communities vulnerable amid the ongoing war in Sudan,

International charities warned that, left unchecked, the disease’s spread might exacerbate similar outbreaks across the African region for weeks or months to come.

Cholera continues to spread across various parts of Sudan, in what is being described as the worst outbreak the country has seen in years. In the wes