The World Health Organization warned that famine in Sudan is affecting 25 million people, including 770,000 children at risk of severe malnutrition this year.

WHO’s regional director for the Eastern Mediterranean, Hanan Balkhy, said during a UN briefing that simultaneous outbreaks of cholera, polio, measles, dengue, and malaria are overwhelming a health system already crippled by conflict.

The organization confirmed over 1,120 deaths in 167 attacks on health facilities, ambulances, patients, and medical workers.

The International Committee of the Red Cross also warned that continued fighting could lead to deadly disease outbreaks and a total collapse of healthcare.

Sudanese media report alarming levels of cholera infections, with hundreds of cases and dozens of deaths across Khartoum, Sennar, Gezira, and North Kordofan.

Al Akhbar