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Cholera outbreak in war-torn Sudan kills nearly 60 people

A CHOLERA outbreak in a southern Sudanese city has killed nearly 60 people and sickened about 1,300 others over the last three days, health authorities said on Saturday.

The outbreak in Kosti was blamed mainly on contaminated drinking water after the city’s water supply facility was knocked out during an attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the health ministry said. 

The RSF has been fighting the country’s military for nearly two years.

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