Lying over blankets spread out on the dirt in isolation centers thatched up with mud and straw, thousands, many visibly malnourished, suffer cholera with no medical care in Sudan’s western region of Darfur. Since the outbreak in Darfur this June, the deadly disease has infected almost 12,200 people, claiming at least 509 lives as of Wednesday, September 17, when 135 new cases and 17 deaths were reported by the General Coordination of Darfur Displaced People and Refugees. Its spokesperson, Adam Rojal, added that the rate of spread is increasing, killing at least 48 last week, when 1,665 fresh cases were recorded, “in addition to malaria” and “malnutrition among children”. Numbers understate the severity of the epidemic because the underdeveloped healthcare infrastructure in Darfur, already ravaged by a regional civil war in the 2000s, has completely collapsed amid the fighting between the army and the paramilitary since April 2023. #ElFasher 📲 Read the full article on our website.