Waves of Sudanese families flee expanding war, arrive in impoverished Chad
Many people in Chad already depended on humanitarian assistance even before the start of the war in Sudan.
![Sudanese refugee children from Al-Fashir play during the sunset over the Tine transit refugee camp, amid the conflict between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army, in eastern Chad, November 21, 2025. [File: Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025-11-21T230040Z_201471446_RC231IAUGXUH_RTRMADP_3_SUDAN-POLITICS-CHAD-1763808283.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Patients receive treatment in the cholera isolation centre at the refugee camps of western Sudan, in Tawila city, Darfur [AFP]
A worker disinfects a man at the entrance to a cholera isolation centre at the refugee camps in Tawila city. [AFP]
The first cholera cases in Tawila were detected in early June in the village of Tabit, said Sylvain Penicaud, a project coordinator for French charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF).
Across North Darfur state, more than 640,000 children under the age of five are at risk, according to UNICEF. [AFP]
Cholera is a highly contagious bacterial infection that causes severe diarrhoea and spreads through contaminated water and food. [AFP]
Causing rapid dehydration, Cholera can kill within hours if left untreated, yet it is preventable and usually easily treatable with oral rehydration solutions. [AFP]
MSF has opened a 160-bed cholera treatment centre in Tawila, with plans to expand to 200 beds. [AFP]
The World Health Organization said last week that cholera "has swept across Sudan, with all states reporting outbreaks". [AFP]
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