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ABUJA: Nigerian authorities on Tuesday confirmed security operatives have arrested up to 17 fleeing inmates among those who escaped from a prison after a gunmen attack in the central state of Plateau on Sunday. Also, an investigation has been launched into the latest prison attack, with an aim to track down “the sponsors of the incessant jailbreaks” across the country, said Mohammed Tukur, a deputy controller general of the Nigeria Correctional Service. Tukur disclosed this to reporters in Jos, capital of central Nigeria’s Plateau state, where the latest attack occurred on Sunday, saying the probe would unravel the identity of the attackers and other necessary details of the incident. XinhuaCholera sweeping in Cameroon — MSF YAOUNDÉ: At least eight people have died and more than 180 others infected in a cholera epidemic that is sweeping across two health districts in Cameroon’s Southwest region, international medical charity Doctors Without Borders said on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila). “The Ekondo Titi Health District has reported over 160 cases of cholera, with 62 patients hospitalized at the Cholera Treatment Unit, 15 patients treated at the Oral Rehydration points and five deaths recorded.” The Bakassi Health District has also reported 29 suspected cases with three deaths from October 27 to November 29.
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