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She called for a united response, including water, sanitation and hygiene programs and more treatment facilities.In March, MSF said that 92 people had died of cholera in Sudan’s White Nile State, where 2,700 people had contracted the disease since late February.
The World Health Organization said that the water-borne disease is a fast-developing and highly contagious infection that causes diarrhea and leads to severe dehydration and possible death within hours when not treated. The disease is transmitted through the ingestion of contaminated food or water.The outbreak is the latest crisis for Sudan, which was plunged into a war more than two years ago, when tensions between the Sudanese army and its rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces group, or RSF, exploded with street battles in Khartoum that quickly spread across the country.Since then, at least 20,000 people have been reported killed, though the number is likely far higher, and more than 14 million have been displaced and forced from their homes.
Sudan has also been engulfed by what the United Nations says is the, and disease outbreaks, famine and atrocities have mounted as
from the paramilitary forces.
Ibrahim, the health minister, attributed the cholera surge to the return of many Sudanese to the Khartoum region — people who had fled their homes to escape the fighting and are now coming back. Their returns have strained the city’s dwindling water resources, he said.Ukrainian soldiers walk though human corridor with people holding photos of their missed relatives after returning from captivity during a POWs exchange between Russia and Ukraine, in Chernyhiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Ukrainian soldiers walk though human corridor with people holding photos of their missed relatives after returning from captivity during a POWs exchange between Russia and Ukraine, in Chernyhiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)A Ukrainian soldier hugs a woman after returning from captivity during a POWs exchange between Russia and Ukraine, in Chernyhiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
A Ukrainian soldier hugs a woman after returning from captivity during a POWs exchange between Russia and Ukraine, in Chernyhiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.