1st cholera cases confirmed in Mozambique's cyclone-hit city

BEIRA, Mozambique — The first cases of cholera have been confirmed in the cyclone-ravaged city of Beira, Mozambican authorities announced on Wednesday, raising the stakes in an already desperate fight to help hundreds of thousands of people sheltering in increasingly squalid conditions.The five cholera cases were confirmed in Munhava, one of the poorest neighborhoods in the hard-hit port city of Beira, the national director of medical assistance, Ussene Isse, told reporters. The city of so