Freddy, still on track to become one of the world's longest tropical storms, leaves more than 460 people dead, says UN, with 360 in Malawi, 86 in Mozambique and 17 in Madagascar.
UN humanitarian affairs chief Martin Griffiths says "risk of disease is growing amid preexisting cholera outbreaks" in the war-torn country's northwest region.
Some cultural beliefs and hostility towards health workers blamed for slowing efforts to curb infections which also sent over 1,100 others to the hospital.
World Health Organization chief describes the southeast African country as among the hardest-hit amid ongoing global epidemics that are "more widespread and deadly than normal".
The United Nations Security Council is due to vote on renewing the authorisation of aid deliveries from Türkiye for a further six months.
First person to be targeted would be Jimmy Cherizier, nicknamed "Barbecue", and is described in US and Mexico-drafted resolution as one of the most influential gang leaders, Reuters reports.
Haiti has been paralysed for nearly a month after gangs surrounded a large fuel terminal in the capital Port-au-Prince.
Poor Caribbean country seeks "specialised armed forces" to end blockade of country's main fuel port that has led to crippling shortages, but many are against another international intervention.
World body calls for creation of a humanitarian corridor to ease a blockage of the Caribbean country's main fuel import terminal controlled by powerful armed gangs.
UN health agency expert warns that extreme climate events and conflicts can fuel ideal climate for cholera to thrive.
The highest number of cases and fatalities were reported in the Lusambo health zone, with 308 cases and 24 deaths.
South Sudan recorded a total of 31 cholera infections including one death of a seven-year-old child, as the outbreak followed a steady rise in diarrhoea cases in the affected areas.
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