International charities warned that, left unchecked, the disease’s spread might exacerbate similar outbreaks across the African region for weeks or months to come.

An aid group says cholera is spreading rapidly in Darfur. Doctors Without Borders says that the outbreak has killed 40 people and infected more than 2,300 in the past week.

In the refugee camps of Tawila, Sudan, a cholera outbreak threatens lives as displaced individuals resort to mixing lemons in water as medicine due to dire shortages of basic resources. The situation is compounded by an ongoing conflict and inadequate access to aid,