Chad

The number of Sudanese refugees who have arrived in Chad since 2023 has risen to 1 million, with 400 arriving daily, according to a UN official. The humanitarian response faces severe shortages of funding, medicine, food and water, alongside reports of rape and violence and difficulties moving people stranded near the border to safe areas.

The death toll from the cholera outbreak in Chad has risen to 13, with 239 cases reported since the infection was officially declared to be spreading on July 24, according to Chad’s Health Ministry, while about 50,800 people have received the cholera vaccine.