Doctors Without Borders says people who live in the open and are poorly nourished are more susceptible to the fly-borne disease.
The new injection of funds brings to 125 million pounds Britain's contribution to the aid effort for South Sudan since the country plunged into conflict in December.
South Sudanese still prefer stashing their savings under ceiling rafters, in pots and in holes in the ground, but financial experts and NGOs are working to change a mindset they say costs individuals and the national economy dear.
Health officials have deployed at international airport near Juba, where they gather information from incoming passengers and take their temperatures, but so far no one has been quarantined
President Salva Kiir says opposition leader Riek Machar would have to wait and contest elections, due next year, if he does not accept a secondary position in the interim government, which has yet to be formed.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says it knows of at least 10 reporters, and "probably many more", who have been threatened or harassed over their reporting during the eight-month conflict in the country.
U.N. agencies say the militia group accused of killing at least six aid workers in Maban County is targeting its victims based on their ethnicity.
The thousands of South Sudanese who have sought shelter in UNMISS camps are divided over whether they have anything to celebrate on the country's independence day.
The World Cup reaches into an UNMISS camp for the displaced in Juba, where young men say watching the global soccer tournament gives them something they haven't had for months - a sense of hope.
Medical charity MSF says 58 people have been killed in medical facilities during South Sudan's conflict, and condemns the attacks as a violation of international humanitarian law.
South Sudan football fans say they'll continue watching World Cup matches at cinemas and bars, even if a game goes well past the 11 pm curfew in Juba.
South Sudan defense minister says having Ugandan forces in South Sudan not only helps to ensure security there but also in Uganda.
The Health Ministry is running an information campaign, urging people to wash their hands and chlorinate water, but not everyone is listening.
U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator Toby Lanzer says another $1 billion is needed to provide healthcare, food, clean water, sanitation and shelter to help millions of South Sudanese make it through the year.
In a poignant poem, children say they want to go to school, live in peace, and help to build a peaceful, united South Sudan.
UNMISS inaugurates a new "protection of civilians" facility in Malakal, capital of Upper Nile state, where, in spite of weeks of relative calm, people still do not feel it is safe enough to return home.
Counselor of the Department of State Thomas Shannon, who advises Secretary of State John Kerry on major foreign policy problems, says the two rivals made the pledge to him when he visited Juba over the weekend.
Inspections by health officials and a drop in clientele during the three-week-old cholera outbreak are forcing many food vendors in Juba out of business.
UNICEF says that fighters from both sides have taken over schools in five states, disrupting the educations of tens of thousands of children.
A U.N. official says 27 people have died of cholera and the number of cases has nearly doubled since last week, rising from 586 to 1,106.
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