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MSF says funding cuts leave 150,000 people in South Sudan's camps at risk of cholera
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says funding cuts and the withdrawal of aid groups have left about 150,000 displaced people in South Sudan’s Bentiu and Malakal camps without basic water, sanitation and health services, raising the risk of cholera and other waterborne diseases. MSF is asking donors to restore the funding.
What happened
Funding cuts and departing aid groups have left about 150,000 people in the Bentiu and Malakal camps without basic water, sanitation and health services, MSF says. Major donors, including the U.S., the U.K. and other European countries, have scaled back support.
The camps
About 111,000 people live in Bentiu, where MSF found roughly 60 people sharing each working latrine. Since 2024, South Sudan has recorded nearly 110,000 cholera cases and 1,970 cholera deaths.
What’s next
MSF is asking donors to restore funding. In Bentiu, the IOM’s water and sanitation funding runs to March 2027, and basic healthcare becomes a major gap from January. In Malakal, water for 40,000 people could stop.
“In Malakal, the clock is already running.” Foued Gamoudi, MSF deputy head of operations in South Sudan