Somalia: Cholera on the rise in Mogadishu

The number of suspected cholera cases has increased in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, since the beginning of April, according to a World Health Organisation (WHO) medical officer. Speaking by telephone from Mogadishu, Muhammad Fuje said between 3 April and 9 April, 489 diarrhoeal cases had been diagnosed in three of the city's hospitals, of whom nine patients had died.