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Cholera outbreak in Sudan capital kills 70 in two days

A health care worker attends to a young patient at a cholera treatment centre in Gedaref State, November 2024. [UN]

A cholera outbreak in Sudan's war-ravaged capital has claimed 70 lives in two days, health officials said Thursday, as Khartoum faces a mounting health emergency after more than two years of brutal conflict.

The health ministry for Khartoum state said it recorded 942 new infections and 25 deaths on Wednesday, following 1,177 cases and 45 deaths on Tuesday.

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