Africa floods affect millions
17.9.2007. 08:36:09

Several of Africa's poorest countries are in dire need of assistance due to severe floods that have killed more than 200 people and affected a million.

The latest victims were reported in Rwanda, where officials from the northern region says floods killed 15 people and destroyed more than 500 homes since Wednesday.

In Sudan, the worst floods in living memory have left 64 people dead and displaced and affected several hundred thousand, mainly in the troubled south, according to the United Nations.

A cholera epidemic spread by floods has also killed at least 49 Sudanese in recent weeks, according to the World Health Organisation.

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