The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. August 20, 2018 Nigeria: Cholera Outbreak Kills 186 People ------------------------------------------ In Nigeria, at least 186 people have died in a cholera outbreak, with at least 16,000 more people affected by the water-borne disease. The United Nations says over 70 million Nigerians lack access to safe drinking water. .