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Sudanese doctors' union warned that the health situation in Gedaref "is deteriorating at a horrific rate", with thousands infected.

Prices have collapsed in Sudans date industry, the latest economic sector to become a casualty of war in the northeast African country - Copyright AFP ASHRAF SHAZLYThe lush palm groves of Karima are a long way from Sudan’s battlefields, but the war’s effects are all too present, leaving farmers struggling to find buyers for this […]

Over 4.2m people displaced internally, 1.1m have fled the country

More than five months into the war, 80% of the hospitals in Sudan are out of service, according to the United Nations.

Sudanese doctors' union warned that the health situation in Gedaref "is deteriorating at a horrific rate", with thousands infected.

The lush palm groves of Karima are a long way from Sudans battlefields, but the wars effects are all too present, leaving farmers struggling to find buyers for this years harvest.

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The lush palm groves of Karima are a long way from Sudan's battlefields, but the war's effects are all too present, leaving farmers struggling to find buyers for this year's harvest. Prices have collapsed in the vital date industry, the latest economic sector to become a casualty of war in the northeast African country, said AFP. Every autumn, until this September, date farmers in northern Sudan pulled their harvests down from palm trees, securing a living for months to come.

Outbreaks of dengue fever and acute watery diarrhea have "killed hundreds" in war-torn Sudan, medics reported on Monday, warning of "catastrophic spreads" that could overwhelm the country's decimated health system. In a statement, the Sudanese doctors' union warned that the health situation in the southeastern state of Gedaref, on the border with Ethiopia, "is deteriorating…

Hospital resident Amal Hussein says “in each home, there are at least three people sick with dengue”.