Countries discuss creating a cholera taskforce
A high-level ministerial meeting taking place in Malawi, proposes a taskforce to respond to a deadly outbreak of cholera that has claimed dozens of lives.
Government ministers from fourteen countries affected by a cholera outbreak have been meeting in Malawi to discuss the creation of a taskforce to tackle the disease. The outbreak has already claimed more than 1,500 lives in Malawi alone, making it one of the deadliest spells in the country鈥檚 history.
Mozambique is bracing itself for the return of Cyclone Freddy. The cyclone is heading back to the country after it wreaked havoc there in late February. It could become one of the longest-lasting tropical storms on record.
And the Resident Presidents reflect on Nigeria鈥檚 recently-held presidential election.
(Photo: Patients being treated in a temporary cholera centre in Malawi. Credit: Getty Images.)
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