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Nigeria

Toll rises to 97 in cholera outbreak

The number of people killed in a cholera outbreak hitting two out of Nigeria's six northeastern states has risen to 97, according to United Nations data. Local authorities on Sunday confirmed that 36 people were killed by the waterborne disease in Borno, local daily The Guardian reported on Monday. A total of 3,126 cases of acute watery diarrhea have been recorded in the two northeastern states of Borno and neighboring Yobe so far, according to the report.