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.

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s military on Sunday broke a more than yearlong siege on the crucial city of Obeid, restoring access to a strategic area in the south-central region and strengthening crucial supply routes in its nearly two years of war against a notorious paramilitary group, officials said.

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.

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 ...

The fighting, which wrecked the capital, Khartoum, and other urban areas ... according to the World Health Organization. It’s transmitted through the ingestion of contaminated food or water.