Mozambican and international health workers raced on Monday to contain the outbreak of cholera in the cyclone-hit city of Beira, where the cases of the disease have jumped to 517 and the first death has been recorded.

“There are seven emergency cholera treatment centers operational in Beira and two more being set up. Two additional centers are being set up in Nhamatanda,” said David Wightwick, the World Health Organization’s team leader in Beira.

More than two weeks after Cyclone Idai hit Beira and swept across central Mozambique, about 98,000 people are in camps for displaced and “living under canvas,” he said.

“Cholera is our most immediate challenge,” said Wightwick, who added that getting adequate nutrition to the population and battling other diseases like malaria are also priorities.

In Los Angeles, Rapper Nipsey Hussle was fatally shot outside the clothing store he founded to help rebuild his troubled South LA neighborhood, police said, cutting short a career that earned him a Grammy nomination this year for his major-label debut. He was 33.

On Campus, Students and staff gathered in the Anderson Student Center’s Hearth room on March 8 to hear the St. Thomas community share their stories in celebration of International Women’s Day.

A collaboration with the Luann Dummer Center for Women and the Office of International Students and Scholars (OISS), the event provided a safe space for women to talk about their experiences living in the United States .

“At least once a year we should celebrate International Women’s Day and we should do more outside of International Women’s Day, to give voices to international students,” said Othman Zaimi, OISS Intercultural Programs Manager.

Solveig Rennan can be reached at renn6664@stthomas.edu.