Nearly 4,400 cases of cholera and dengue fever have been recorded in Sudan, where a war has been raging for more than six months, including more than a hundred deaths, since August, the Ministry of Health announced yesterday Saturday.

In Khartoum, where millions of people remain, and in the states of Al Jazeera, south of the capital, and Gadaref, which neighbors Ethiopia to the south – two areas where internally displaced persons from the war are congregating – the Ministry of Health recorded “1,049 cases of cholera, including 73 deaths.”

As for the dengue outbreak, which is affecting nine states but not Khartoum, “3,316 infections, including 49 deaths,” have been recorded, he added. He spoke of “2,152 patients and 33 dead in Gandaref”, at a time when hospitals in the areas where hostilities are taking place have been practically shut down.

For its part, the UN speaks of a measles epidemic and cases of smallpox and poliomyelitis.

After more than six months of fighting between the armed forces under General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the Rapid Support Force (RSF) under General Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, the United Nations says more than 9,000 people have been killed – this number is no doubt greatly underestimated – and nearly six million forcibly displaced and refugees, while basic infrastructure has already been dismantled. Peace talks between the parties resumed on Thursday.

The two generals sent representatives to Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) for contacts with American and Saudi mediators.

However, every deal struck between the parties since April has collapsed, bringing only cease-fires lasting a few hours.

The talks resumed against the backdrop of the Israel/Hamas war. The Palestinian Islamist movement generally had many footholds in Sudan during the years when dictator Omar al-Bashir, who was toppled in 2019, was in power.

On the third day of the war, which broke out on October 9, the Foreign Ministry of General Burhan’s military regime announced that the African country’s “diplomatic relations” with Iran had been “reestablished” and that the two sides were working to “reopen their embassies in near future”.

The United States labels Hamas a “terrorist” organization; Saudi Arabia reportedly does not have good relations with the Palestinian Islamist movement, as it is seen as close to the emirate of Qatar, Riyadh’s rival in the Gulf region.