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Malaria and possible cholera cases on the rise in Sudan; ongoing fighting in Jebel Marra; UN in Sudan remains badly underfunded

September 27, 2016October 18, 2016Run NerLeave a comment

Among the major news stories in Sudan now are the widespread number cases of persons suffering watery diarrhea (1). The government denies cholera is to blame for them, but some, if not all, doctors operating outside the governent disagree (1, 2). Blue Nile and Sennar States are among the worst hit (they also saw some...

133,084 people reported as displaced from violence in Jebel Marra

April 3, 2016April 3, 2016Run NerLeave a comment

As of March 27, according to UNOCHA, the number of reported displaced in North, Central and South Darfur states was 133,084, 71,734 of which are verified. Darfur, Sudan still needs the world’s attention.

Displaced population in Darfur now about the same as the 2010 population of Chicago, Illinois; UNOCHA: Over 96,000 people driven from their homes in Jebel Marra

March 4, 2016March 14, 2016Run NerLeave a comment

Jebel Marra is the name of a collection of volcanic mountains reaching up to 9,980 feet in the middle of the Darfur region (1), specifically between Zalengei in Central Darfur, Kutum in North Darfur and Kass in South Darfur (2); it has caves and many valleys and is the stronghold of the rebel group known as the Sudan...