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Diarrhoea kills more than 500 in Somalia since January: UN

In Somalia, Cholera and acute diarrhoea have killed more than 500 people and left tens of thousands of others sick in drought-hit parts of the country since January. The United Nations health agency said the epidemic had left more than 25,000 people sick, warning that number is likely to double by the end of June.<br/><br/>WHO put the number of deaths since the beginning of the year from the epidemic at 524, while the UN humanitarian agency OCHA said 533 people had died.

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