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As Sudan's war approaches four months of intense fighting, morgues in the capital Khartoum have reached capacity, aid workers say.
Thousands of corpses are left to rot in the streets, while doctors and aid organizations warn of an imminent cholera outbreak.
Khartoum's morgues have reached "breaking point", international aid group Save The Children said on Tuesday.
Bodies in morgues are also decomposing after prolonged power outages have left them without refrigeration, the group said. There are also no medical staff left, leaving the corpses "exposed and untreated".
Clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Force (RSF) erupted in mid-April as both sides tried to take control of the capital.
The violence has killed at least 1,105 people and injured 12,115 since July 11, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported last month, citing data from the Federal Ministry of Health. He said the actual numbers are likely to be much higher.
At least 435 children have been killed and at least 2,025 injured, according to UNICEF. On average, a child is killed or injured every hour, the UN body calculates.
" A horrifying combination of a rising body count, water shortages, malfunctioning sanitation and sewage services and a lack of water treatment options are also fueling fears of a cholera outbreak in the city," Save The Children said in a statement . .
Sudan usually sees a spike in cholera cases during the rainy season, which began in June, the aid group said, but the current lack of functioning public health laboratories makes it "difficult to assess the state of the crisis".
Cholera can kill within hours if left untreated. Most hospitals in the capital and other states are out of service, Save the Children added.
The conflict escalated again this week, with no decisive progress or peace talks in sight, according to CNN.
More than 4 million people have fled violence across Sudan since fighting broke out, with more than half fleeing the capital alone, according to the International Organization for Migration.
The clashes are seen as a power struggle between Sudan's military ruler, SAF chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (popularly known as Hemedti), the country's MP and head of the RSF.
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