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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.

Cyclone Freddy bears down on Mozambique for a second time. An NGO worker on the ground says businesses and schools are remaining shut and people are trying to find safe shelter.

And fighting between M23 rebels and government forces continues in eastern DR Congo, despite a peace agreement coming into effect. What is likely to happen next if the peace deal fails?

(Photo: A medical staff memeber stands in front of a Cholera Treatment Centre, funded by the Unicef, when the country went through a cholera outbreak in 2018. Credit: AFP)