Sources: Reuters
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention reports about 300,000 confirmed and suspected cholera cases in the continent, mostly in Angola and Burundi, and more than 7,000 deaths in 2025, marking Africa's largest outbreak in 25 years and a more than 30% increase from the previous year. 2025-11-13
The health ministry of Khartoum State in Sudan reports a cholera outbreak in the state, with 2,119 cases and 242 deaths in the past week and this week, including 70 in the last two days. 2025-05-29
Around 300 people are confirmed dead in an outbreak of cholera in Zambia. 2024-01-11
South Africa reports imported cases of cholera in two sisters who travelled to Malawi. 2023-02-5
Malawi suspends the opening of schools in Lilongwe and Blantyre due to an outbreak of cholera, which has killed 595 people so far, including 19 people on New Year's Eve. 2023-01-2
Israel reports its first case of the Omicron variant in a person who travelled from Malawi. 2021-11-26
After the results of the last general election in Malawi were annulled by the country's Constitutional Court in February, new elections are held. 2020-06-23
The first death due to cholera is confirmed in Mozambique, with confirmed cases rising to 517. 2019-04-1
The Dominican Republic officially registers its first cholera death since the launch of the 2010 Haiti cholera outbreak. 2011-01-23