SKY YORK Journal | In Sudan’s brutal conflict, death no longer comes only through bombs, bullets, or airstrikes. Increasing evidence shows that cholera itself has become a cover for chemical warfare, with symptoms that mirror the effects of toxic gas exposure.
Both cholera and chemical agents produce violent vomiting, severe diarrhea, rapid dehydration, and respiratory failure — leading to death within hours if untreated. In a country already plagued by floods, epidemics, and chronic neglect, cholera has turned from a public health crisis into a tool of war against unarmed civilians.
Cholera as a Cover for Chemical Attacks
Since the war began in April 2023, testimonies and medical reports suggest that the Sudanese Army has deployed chemical agents against civilians. What appears to be a disease outbreak in Khartoum, Omdurman, and Gezira may in fact be a lethal mix of deliberate neglect, indirect poisoning, and official complicity.
Instead of natural contagion, cholera has become an additional weapon in Sudan’s arsenal — used alongside drones, incendiary munitions, and heavy artillery. By cloaking chemical exposure in the familiar face of an epidemic, authorities create plausible deniability while civilians pay the price.
Rising Casualties and Health System Collapse
The Sudanese Ministry of Health admitted more than 2,700 infections and 172 deaths in a single week. Yet at the height of the crisis, the Minister of Health announced the withdrawal of Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) from isolation centers — a move condemned by medical staff as reckless and “criminal.”
Leaked reports from Al-Nou Hospital and Omdurman Teaching Hospital reveal catastrophic failure in patient care and record-high death rates. While the minister insisted the outbreak was “under control,” bodies were found in the streets and under trees. Eyewitnesses cried out: “This is not cholera — these are chemical toxins killing us.”
From Epidemic to Genocide
The overlap between cholera symptoms and chemical poisoning has blurred lines between disease and deliberate attack. The reality, as many now acknowledge, is that cholera has been weaponized. What should have been a treatable outbreak has turned into a man-made catastrophe, magnified by toxic agents and state negligence.
This strategy allows the military to kill quietly — not with bullets to the head or bombs on marketplaces, but through contaminated water, poisoned air, and unchecked epidemics.
A Banned Arsenal in the Hands of Power
By fusing chemical weapons with public health collapse, the Sudanese Army, backed by Islamist networks, has added another layer to its campaign of extermination. The use of chemical and biological warfare, along with the manipulation of disease, stands in direct violation of international law and marks a clear war crime.
SKY YORK Journal concludes: Sudan is no longer facing a traditional cholera outbreak. It is confronting a deliberate act of war — one where disease has been turned into a weapon, and where the line between epidemic and chemical attack has been erased.
