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A displaced woman prepares food, following Rapid Support Forces attacks on Zamzam displacement camp, as she shelters in the town of Tawila, in North Darfur, Sudan, on April 16, 2025.

What Sudan's Cholera Outbreak Reveals About Its Fragile Health System

by Sameer Abbasi, Eyad Ali, Omar Shilleh, Mohamed Shilleh, Faraan Rahim

Conflict and neglect have destroyed Sudan's health-care infrastructure, overwhelming the remaining medical facilities

Food
Sudan's food supply under fire

Sudan's Genocide Deepens Famine

by Tim Bishop, Christina Wille

Ongoing conflict threatens Sudan's already weak food system, leaving millions at risk of famine

Women and babies are seen at the Zamzam displacement camp.
Gender

Extreme Heat Taxes Africa's Women and Reproduction

by Mariel Ferragamo

Many women in Africa have little or no protection against extreme heat events in their day-to-day lives

Map of health worker killings
Governance

Fatal Attacks on Health-Care Workers Doubled in 2023

by Allison Krugman

Amid a rise in global conflict, a new report shows that health-care workers are being killed at alarming rates

Sudanese women, who fled the conflict in Murnei in Sudan's Darfur region, look on while crossing the border between Sudan and Chad.
Gender

Bodies into Battlefields: Gender-Based Violence in Sudan

by Nahid Widaatalla

Amid Sudan's deadly war, women face a triple threat of death, displacement, and gender-based assault