Cholera patients treated on floor of Sudanese clinics with 40 dead in one week

Cholera-infected patients receive treatment in an isolation centre at a refugee camp in Tawila town in Darfur, Sudan, on Thursday. Picture: AFP via Getty

At least 40 people have died from cholera in Darfur, Sudan, in just one week, with clinics so full that patients are being treated on the floor, medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has warned.

Water shortages and contamination, including a corpse found inside one drinking well, are adding to problems caused by over two years of civil war.