Sudan: At least 68 people killed in flooding as rains worsen Sudan’s plight
Heavy rains in Sudan have killed dozens of people, compounding hardship in a country that is already facing multiple crises. At least 68 people have been killed in Sudan as a result of rains that have plagued different parts of the country this year, the interior ministry said. The downpours, the heaviest recorded since 2019, have affected the western, northern and eastern parts of the country, flooding neighbourhoods and destroying houses, farms and infrastructure. About 27,000 people have been displaced since June as a result of the flooding, according to the UN. In the town of Rokero in the Jebel Marra region of West Darfur state, at least 12 people were killed. Abdallah Hussein Adam, a traditional leader in the area, said: “Normally in Jebel Marra, we don’t have floods. It rains a lot but the water passes by. This year it’s different.” He told the Guardian they had found the bodies of nine people, but three were still missing. Jebel Marra is a farming region, and Adam said he was worried the flooding would reduce production. “Last year we didn’t produce much as a result of lacking the rain and [because of] the fighting, but this year we also cannot produce as a result of the floods. It will cause famine; the prices of everything went three times higher.” Follow link for full story...