Cholera cases exceed 120,000 in Sudan: UN agency

Sudan has reported more than 120,000 cases of cholera infection since the latest round of outbreak in July 2024, with more than 3,000 deaths, said the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Saturday.

OCHA said that the armed conflict in Sudan has disabled approximately 75 percent of the country's health facilities, leaving millions of local people without access to clean drinking water or basic medical services. The cholera epidemic is still spreading rapidly in Sudan, and the local health system is struggling.

Sudan has been engulfed in a brutal conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces since April 2023. The war has killed nearly 30,000 people and forced over 12 million to flee their homes, both within Sudan and across its borders.

Cholera cases exceed 120,000 in Sudan: UN agency

The U.S. dollar weakened in late trading on Friday.

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, dropped 0.34 percent to 98.982 at 15:00 (2000 GMT).

In late New York trading, the euro rose to 1.1606 dollars from 1.1583 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound added to 1.34 dollars from 1.3328 U.S. dollars in the previous session.

The U.S. dollar bought 157.74 Japanese yen, lower than 157.77 Japanese yen in the previous session. The U.S. dollar decreased to 0.777 Swiss francs from 0.7827 Swiss francs, and it declined to 1.3596 Canadian dollars from 1.3697 Canadian dollars. The U.S. dollar dropped to 9.1855 Swedish Kronor from 9.2657 Swedish Kronor.

U.S. dollar ticks down