She said International Organization for Migration More than 117,000 Sudanese have been displaced from their areas due to rains and floods since last June, in addition to millions of refugees and displaced persons who fled the fighting between Army And forces Rapid support Since April 2023.
The floods killed dozens, and the Sudanese Ministry of Health announced the outbreak of an epidemic. Cholera In the country amid worsening displacement crises.
The International Organization for Migration stated in a statement published yesterday, Saturday, that “from June 1 to August 12, rains and floods caused sudden displacement in Sudan.”
According to the organization’s estimates, the number of displaced persons reached 117,835 individuals in 12 of Sudan’s 18 states.
The statement said that about 32,611 buildings were partially or completely damaged by floods and rains.
The death toll from the floods has reached 76 since June, the Ministry of Health announced last Wednesday.
Health Minister Haitham Ibrahim announced on Saturday the outbreak of cholera in Sudan as a result of environmental conditions and unfit drinking water in a number of locations.
He said that my state Kassala Al-Qadarif in eastern Sudan is the most affected by the epidemic, without specifying the number of cases that have been detected.
This year’s floods come as the Sudanese continue to suffer from the ongoing fighting between the army and the Rapid Support Forces, which has resulted in more than 18,800 deaths and nearly 10 million displaced and refugees, according to the United Nations.
There are increasing international and UN calls to save Sudan from the ravages of war, which has begun to push millions to famine and death, due to food shortages caused by the fighting that has spread to 12 states.
