A cholera outbreak threatens to overwhelm health systems in Al-Fashir, a besieged city in Sudan.

The entities involved

• Sudan →

  country in Northeast Africa

  • Sudanese Armed Forces accuse Ethiopia of direct aggression, while Egypt is noted as SAF's biggest supporter.Mon 13:18
  • One of the three countries involved is accused of backing Tigray rebels in the north.Mon 13:18
• Al-Fashir →

  capital city of North Darfur, Sudan

  Nothing else this week.

• World Health Organization →

  United Nations agency concerned with international public health

  • The U.S. ordered its withdrawal from the World Health Organization amid global health initiative impacts.Mon 11:20
  • The Ebola outbreak in the DRC is spreading to Uganda, with new cases reported in Ituri province.Mon 05:14

Related events

• The World Food Programme is providing aid in Al-Fashir and El-Obeid as war drives hunger and crisis in Sudan.Sep 14
• A cholera outbreak, a boat disaster claiming 500 lives, and a UN investigation concluding genocide in Darfur are reported in Sudan.Jul 25