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- The flooding in Darfur has resulted in profound humanitarian issues throughout the region. Intense rainfall has caused widespread flooding, impacting numerous households, damaging infrastructure, and prompting significant displacement. In Central Darfur State, road collapses near the Krinding and Mornei bridges from August floods are delaying UN staff deployments to Zalengei Hub and obstructing supply movements. Crossline routes from Port Sudan to Darfur remain blocked, postponing the delivery of essential supplies, including 9,000 UNHCR plastic sheets and 1,270 NFI kits.
- Refugees in South Sudan are facing severe food shortages and malnutrition. The World Food Programme (WFP) has been distributing food rations and cash aid, but due to funding shortages, the level of assistance has been drastically reduced. While new arrivals still receive full rations, refugees who have been in the country longer have been receiving only half of their allocated food rations. Now as a result of underfunding, further prioritization and targeting of assistance is being introduced, leading to tension among the different refugee populations.
- On 4 September, Egypt's Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) increased its alert status and strengthened border controls in response to the cholera outbreak in Sudan. The outbreak has been especially severe in Eastern Sudan, with over 11,000 cases and 316 deaths reported by WHO. Although no cholera cases have been detected in Egypt, the MoHP has put preventive measures in place at border entry points and is screening incoming travellers and monitoring air entry points. The Preventive Medicine Sector has also set up medical teams to handle potential cases and is running a public awareness campaign on cholera prevention.