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Manyattas of Death: Up to 500 dead…and counting as mystery cancer devastates Marsabit, Kenya

Women have also borne the  brunt of the disease.

By NYAMBEGA GISESA

Marsabit; Kenya: The three-year-old was born in good health. But now his belly is bigger than his head. He has huge bluish eyes that look like a bud of a flower, dying young.

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