KHARTOUM – The United Nations said hundreds of people have been displaced from areas of South Kordofan, while warning that cholera continues to spread across several Sudanese states, with Kordofan emerging as the latest hotspot.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said humanitarian organizations are continuing to provide life-saving assistance in Sudan despite ongoing conflict, insecurity and funding shortages.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said 730 people fled several villages in South Kordofan on Sunday. It did not provide further details on the exact locations they fled from or where they were displaced to.

The latest displacement comes as South Kordofan faces growing insecurity linked to Sudan’s wider war, which began in April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The state has also seen local clashes, drone strikes and attacks affecting civilians, markets, roads and aid movements.

On the health front, the World Health Organization (WHO) said more than 2,600 cholera cases had been reported across several states by early August, with Kordofan becoming the latest hotspot of the outbreak.

UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said the United Nations and its partners had stepped up cholera response efforts by treating infected people, supporting vaccination campaigns and distributing essential medical supplies.

He said humanitarian agencies were also expanding clean-water support in Kordofan. A UNICEF-supported rehabilitated water network in Abu Jubeiha is now providing safe water to about 25,000 people each day, including around 5,000 displaced people.

Cholera outbreaks have become increasingly difficult to contain in Sudan because of damaged health facilities, poor sanitation, contaminated water sources and mass displacement. The rainy season has further increased the risk of waterborne diseases in overcrowded shelters and conflict-affected communities.

In a related update, Dujarric said the United Nations and its partners reached about 12.3 million people across Sudan with at least one form of humanitarian assistance between January and July 2026.

However, only 2.2 million people, or about 18% of those reached, received assistance across multiple sectors, underscoring the effect of funding shortages on the humanitarian response.

The UN said Sudan’s humanitarian appeal is only 41% funded, with about $1.2 billion received out of nearly $2.9 billion required.

Dujarric called on the parties to the conflict to protect civilians, health workers and humanitarian personnel, and to ensure safe, rapid and unhindered aid delivery.

He also urged the international community to provide more funding to help respond to Sudan’s deepening humanitarian crisis.