DRC: Diarrhoea kills 37 in Kasai Oriental

Thirty-seven people have died following an outbreak of diarrhoea in Lomela town in Kasai Oriental Province, central Democratic Republic of the Congo, a medical official told IRIN on Friday. "Some 184 people have been affected and 37 deaths were recorded by 3 December," Dr Benoit Kebela, a departmental director in the Ministry of Health, said.