Cholera is spreading rapidly in Darfur, killing 40 people and infecting over 2,300 over the past week alone due to water shortages and a collapsed healthcare system have left communities vulnerable amid the ongoing war in Sudan,

At least 40 people have died from cholera in Sudan’s Darfur region in what medical charity Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, described as the country’s worst outbreak in years.

Cholera has claimed at least 40 lives in Sudan's Darfur region over the last week as the country weathers its worst outbreak in years, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Thursday.