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Asharq Al-Awsat
29-05-2025
- Health
- Asharq Al-Awsat
Health Ministry: Cholera Outbreak in Sudan Capital Kills 70 in 2 Days
A cholera outbreak in Sudan's capital has killed 70 people in two days, health officials said, as Khartoum battles a fast-spreading epidemic amid a collapse of basic services. The health ministry for Khartoum State said it had recorded 942 new infections and 25 deaths on Wednesday, following 1,177 cases and 45 deaths on Tuesday. The surge in infections comes weeks after drone strikes blamed on the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) knocked out the water and electricity supply across the capital. The army-backed government announced last week that it had dislodged RSF fighters from their last positions in Khartoum State two months after retaking the heart of the capital from the paramilitaries. Greater Khartoum had been a battleground for much of the previous two years, and suffered massive damage to housing and infrastructure. The cholera outbreak has piled further pressure on an already overwhelmed healthcare system. The federal health ministry reported 172 deaths in the week to Tuesday, 90 percent of them in Khartoum State. According to AFP, authorities say 89 percent of patients in isolation centers are recovering, but warn that deteriorating environmental conditions are driving a surge in cases. The war between the paramilitaries and the regular army has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced 13 million in what the United Nations has described as the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Up to 90 percent of hospitals in the conflict's main battlegrounds have been forced out of service by the fighting.
Washington Post
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
Sudan's military says it took full control of Greater Khartoum region that includes the capital
CAIRO — Sudan's military on Tuesday said it took full control of the Greater Khartoum region after a long-running battle against remnants of a paramilitary group in the region's west and south. The development was the latest victory for the military in its more than two years of fighting against the Rapid Support Forces, a civil war that has pushed parts of the country into famine .
