Nigeria, Aug. 30 -- A cholera outbreak has struck several communities in Zamfara State, with health officials attributing the crisis to decomposing bodies left behind after banditry attacks.
The Health Education Officer of Gusau Local Government, Abubakar Mainasara, revealed this in an interview with journalists in Gusau on Saturday. He said that about 70 percent of the current outbreak is linked to human remains contaminating water sources.
According to him, many of the bodies of people killed by bandits are often left near rivers or water collection points, causing the spread of cholera when rains wash the remains into streams and wells.
"When people are killed, sometimes we know where the bodies are, sometimes we don't. Often, they are...
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