New cholera outbreak in Sudan kills more than 170 people in a week – officials

Medecins Sans Frontieres said its treatment centres in Omdurman were overwhelmed (AP)

A new cholera outbreak in Sudan has killed 172 people and made more than 2,500 people unwell over the past week, authorities have said.

The bulk of the cases were reported in the capital Khartoum and its twin city of Omdurman, but cholera was also detected in the provinces of North Kordofan, Sennar, Gazira, White Nile and Nile River, health officials said.