Cholera is spreading rapidly in Darfur, killing 40 people and infecting more than 2,300 over the past week alone because of water shortages and a collapsed health care system have left communities vulnerable amid the ongoing war in Sudan,

International charities warned that, left unchecked, the disease’s spread might exacerbate similar outbreaks across the African region for weeks or months to come.

The international medical humanitarian group, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), says the rise of cholera outbreak in Zamfara State is disturbing. It warned