September 15, Port Sudan —The Ministry of Health revealed that cholera cases have risen to 8,350, including 270 deaths.Cholera has spread to 46 localities in 8 out of 18 states. The Emergency Operations Center of the Ministry of Health held a meeting on Saturday, in the emergency hall of the PublicContinue Reading
September 12, Tabit — Residents of the town of Tabit, North Darfur are struggling to survive. Fatima Ibrahim, who lives in the village of Kadarik, wakes up at sunrise and heads to the farms adjacent to the village to collect the “Tamleka” plant to make food for her children. “Tamleka”Continue Reading
September 8, Port Sudan — The Sudanese Ministry of Health revealed on Saturday that cholera cases in Sudan have risen to 5,081 since the outbreak of the epidemic. 176 people have died. In Forbaranga, West Darfur four cases were confirmed after heavy rains and floods hit the area. Cases alsoContinue Reading
September 5, Kass — There has been a significant increase in malnutrition cases among children in the last month, Noura Daw, who works at the nutrition center in Kass, South Darfur, told Darfur24. The center allegedly sees 500 malnourished children under the age of five turn up every day. MalnourishedContinue Reading
September 4, Kabum — The State Ministry of Health in South Darfur has restored service to Kabum Hospital, 100 km northwest of Nyala, after sending three medical doctors. The hospital had been out of service for over a month. The head of the civil administration in Kabum, Adam Zakaria Shambal, toldContinue Reading
September 4, El Fasher — Hospitals and pharmacies in El Fasher, capital of North Darfur State, are facing shortages of life-saving medicine. A medical source in the Saudi hospital — who preferred to remain anonymous — said that patients’ health is deteriorating, particularly those with diabetes. On Tuesday, the acting governorContinue Reading
Nairobi, September 4 — Sudan is experiencing a starvation crisis of historic proportions, the heads of multiple refugee councils said in a statement on Tuesday. “The silence is deafening. People are dying of hunger, every day, and yet the focus remains on semantic debates and legal definitions,” the Norwegian RefugeeContinue Reading
September 3, Nyala — Four patients at Nyala Dialysis Center in South Darfur state have died recently, and there is a severe lack of supplies in the hospital, the director, Hamid Musa, told Darfur24. Nyala is Sudan’s second largest city and was captured by the Rapid Support Forces last October. Continue Reading
September 2, Port Sudan — On Sunday the Ministry of Health said the number of cholera cases had risen to 2,583 and the death toll to 98. Over 230 new cases had been recorded in Gedaref and Kassala in southeastern Sudan. The UN Refugee Agency noted these areas of particular concernContinue Reading
August 29, Dilling — On Thursday, the Sudanese army air dropped eight large containers into Dilling, the secondest largest city in South Kordofan State. The Rapid Support Forces and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement have been blockading Dilling from all directions since January, creating a food and medicine crisis in theContinue Reading