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STORY: UN / SUDAN UPDATE
TRT: 02:22
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 14 JULY 2026, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
1. Various shots, United Nations headquarters
14 JULY 2026, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, press briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Turning to Sudan, our colleagues at the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warn that fighting and disease outbreaks continue to take a heavy toll on civilians across the country. Our humanitarian colleagues tell us that multiple drone attacks have been reported across Darfur and Kordofan in western and central Sudan. In North Kordofan State, humanitarian partners said that on Sunday a drone reportedly struck a fuel station in the Al Malaja area of El Obeid. On the same day, in North Darfur, a drone struck several trucks travelling along the road between El Fasher and Um Kadada. In a separate incident, another reported drone attack resulted in civilian casualties in Kubum town in South Darfur State.
For its part, the World Health Organization, said that, as of July 7th, there have been 1,330 confirmed cases and 114 confirmed deaths from the cholera outbreak. We, along with our partners, continue to pre-position supplies and scale up the response to the outbreak as cholera continues to spread to new areas in Darfur and Kordofan. Our humanitarian colleagues note that new cases were also reportedly confirmed in Kampala displacement camp in South Darfur, and a first suspected case was reported in Tawila locality in North Darfur. In West Kordofan, which has seen the highest number of cases, six new suspected cases and two associated deaths have been recorded by health partners. On July 12th, UNICEF delivered essential health supplies to El Fula in West Kordofan to support the ongoing cholera response. The supplies are expected to benefit more than 429,000 people. In Nyala South, our partners continued preventive and control measures, including community outreach and health awareness campaigns, household chlorination, and the distribution of chlorine strips to reduce the risk of transmission. This time last year, Sudan faced a major cholera outbreak that resulted in more than 80,000 suspected cases and over 2,000 associated deaths. We once again call for the protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure. We also reiterate the need for rapid and flexible funding so our partners can respond to growing needs across Sudan.”
4. Wide shot, end of press briefing
“Fighting and disease outbreaks continue to take a heavy toll on civilians across the country,” a United Nations spokesperson commented on the situation in Sudan.
Briefing reporters in New York today (14 July), Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General Farhan Haq said multiple drone attacks have been reported across Darfur and Kordofan in western and central Sudan.
In North Kordofan State, he said humanitarian partners reported that a drone struck a fuel station in the Al Malaja area of El Obeid on Sunday. The same day, in North Darfur, a drone struck several trucks travelling along the road between El Fasher and Um Kadada, he added. In addition, a separate reported drone attack resulted in civilian casualties in Kubum town in South Darfur State.
Turning to the cholera outbreak, Haq said the World Health Organization has recorded 1,330 confirmed cases and 114 confirmed deaths as of 7 July. The UN and its partners continue to pre-position supplies and scale up the response as the disease spreads to new areas of Darfur and Kordofan, he told reporters.
New cases were reportedly confirmed in Kampala displacement camp in South Darfur, and a first suspected case was reported in Tawila locality in North Darfur, he said. West Kordofan, which has seen the highest number of cases, recorded six new suspected cases and two associated deaths, according to health partners.
“On July 12th, UNICEF delivered essential health supplies to El Fula in West Kordofan to support the ongoing cholera response,” Haq said, adding that the supplies are expected to benefit more than 429,000 people.
In Nyala South, partners continued preventive and control measures, including community outreach and health awareness campaigns, household chlorination, and the distribution of chlorine strips to reduce transmission risk, Haq said.
The spokesperson recalled that this time last year, Sudan faced a major cholera outbreak that resulted in more than 80,000 suspected cases and over 2,000 associated deaths.
“We once again call for the protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure,” he said, reiterating the need for rapid and flexible funding so partners can respond to growing needs across Sudan.
