Health officials in Sudan say a cholera outbreak in a southern city has killed nearly 60 people and sickened about 1,300 others over the last three days.

Sudan's miliary says it has broken a paramilitary group's yearlong siege of the crucial city of Obeid, restoring access to a strategic area in the south-central region and strengthening crucial supply routes in their nearly two years of war.

International: The outbreak in White Nile state followed a reported drone strike on the Um Dabakar power station -- 275 kilometres (170 miles) south of the capital Khartoum -- which disrupted access to clean water in the city of Kosti.

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Cholera is a highly contagious disease that causes diarrhea leading to severe dehydration and can be fatal if not immediately treated, according to the World Health Organization. It’s ...