Cholera Kills 58 and Sickens About 1,300 Others Over 3 Days in a Sudanese City, Health Officials Say

This is a locator map for Sudan with its capital, Khartoum. AP Photo

CAIRO—A cholera outbreak in a southern Sudanese city killed nearly 60 people and sickened about 1,300 others over the last three days, health authorities said Saturday.

The outbreak in the southern city of Kosti was blamed mainly on contaminated drinking water after the city’s water supply facility was knocked out during an attack by a notorious paramilitary group, the health ministry said. The group has been fighting the country’s military for about two years.