Sudan war: Over 400 people die from cholera

Aid workers say it is increasingly hard to treat those affected because of the conflict.

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The number of infections has risen to about 14,000, it said in a statement.

It said it was doing all it can to "combat cholera in the affected states, amid the rise in infections".

Getting treatment to those affected areas is hugely complicated by the conflict which has killed up to 150,000 people since it began last year, according to the US special envoy for Sudan, Tom Perriello.

Medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) reported that they are "regularly obstructed by both warring parties, the humanitarian response remains far below what is needed".

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