FILE PHOTO: A boy displaced from Gezira state due to Rapid Support Forces (RSF) violence, lies down on a bench with the logo of the International Organization for Migration behind him in New Halfa, Sudan, November 2, 2024. REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddig//File Photo
CAIRO/DUBAI (Reuters) - Dozens of escaped residents of the besieged town of al-Hilaliya in Sudan's El Gezira state have tested positive for cholera, a medical source told Reuters, in a development that provides a likely explanation for the reported deaths of hundreds there.
While local activists say that more than 300 people have died, a group of Hilaliya residents in the diaspora provided to Reuters a list of more than 400 fatalities, a number they say is increasing by the hour.
