Acute malnutrition claims over 1,800 lives in Sudan’s Jebel Marra, civil authority says

October 11, 2026 (JEBEL MARRA, Sudan) – Acute malnutrition has killed 1,852 vulnerable civilians and affected 1,743 others in areas controlled by the Sudan Liberation Movement faction led by Abdel Wahid al-Nur, the group’s civil administration said on Sunday.

The casualties and illnesses were recorded among children, pregnant and lactating women, and elderly people across the Jebel Marra, Tawila, and Ain Siro regions amid severe shortages of healthcare facilities.

Darfur has faced worsening humanitarian and medical conditions as protracted fighting drives up urgent needs for food, healthcare, and basic services among displaced populations and local communities.

Civil authority media adviser Mohamed Youssef Fukuyama told Sudan Tribune that the toll of deaths and infections reached a combined 3,595 cases during the recent period.

Fukuyama said malaria, dengue fever, and typhoid cases are also surging among displaced civilians and local residents, adding that assessments to count infections are ongoing.

He acknowledged severe hurdles in delivering healthcare, citing critical shortages of medical personnel, a lack of clinics and hospitals, and an acute scarcity of essential, life-saving medicines.

Fukuyama appealed to international aid organizations and humanitarian agencies to intervene urgently to supply critical drugs, provide swift therapeutic feeding for severe malnutrition, and deliver malaria vaccines.