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Cholera outbreak in Sudan killed at least 22 people, health minister says

Patients suffering from cholera receive treatment at a rural isolation centre in Wad al-Hilu in Kassala state in eastern Sudan [File: AFP]

Sudan has been stricken by a cholera outbreak that has killed nearly two dozen people and sickened hundreds more in recent weeks, health authorities said.

Health Minister Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim said in a statement on Sunday that at least 22 people have died from the disease, and that at least 354 confirmed cases of cholera have been detected across the war-torn country in recent weeks.

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