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News Scan for Oct 06, 2022

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) urged clinicians to consider Ebola and other viral hemorrhagic fever illness in the workup of people who have symptoms of the diseases and to immediately take a travel history with an eye toward identifying those who have been in parts of Uganda affected by the recent Ebola Sudan outbreak.In a Health Alert Network (HAN) notice, the CDC said no suspected, probable, or confirmed

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News Scan for Sep 30, 2022

Uganda's health ministry on Twitter today reported four more lab-confirmed Ebola Sudan cases, as well as one more death in a patient with a confirmed infection. The developments push the country's overall total to 54 cases, 35 of them confirmed and 19 listed as probable. The latest death brings Uganda's fatality count to 25, 7 in confirmed patients and 18 in people who had probable infections.Officials said 427 contacts have been ident

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Private jet to India : Where did it come from? – FSP raises concerns

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka’s Frontline Socialists Party says that the private jet used by the Prime Minister to travel to India on pilgrimage recently has a flight history that is a cause for concern.“The T7 – JSG has a very interesting flight history,” said Pubudu Jagoda, the Academic Secretary of the FSP, and the flight path detailed by him is as follows.10th December 2021 : Arrives at the Katunayake Airport from India.10th December 2021 : Flies to Jomo Kenyatta International from Katunayake Airport.14th December 2021 : Travels to multiple locations in Kenya14th December 2021 : Flies to Bukoba Airport, Tanzania15th December 2021 : Flies to Kampala Airport (Entebbe International Airport) from Tanzania16th December 2021 : Arrives at

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Partner highlights: Saving lives–helping refugees access health care in Uganda during the COVID-19 lockdown

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the world like no other crisis in recent history. With funds from Member States and other organizations as well as hundreds of thousands of individuals, who have contributed through the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund, WHO is tackling the pandemic on nine dedicated fronts. But we’re not alone. In this series, we explore how our longstanding partner, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is contributing to the fight against the disease.

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In Africa, vaccine hesitancy adds to slow rollout of doses

KAMPALA – Some Africans are hesitating to get COVID-19 vaccines amid concerns about their safety, alarming public health officials as some countries start to destroy thousands of doses that expired before use.

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Africa CDC says vaccine passports 'inappropriate' for now

KAMPALA – The head of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday described COVID-19 vaccine passports as “inappropriate" while poor countries lag behind others in acquiring the shots.

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Ethiopia says Eritrean troops are pulling out of Tigray

KAMPALA – Ethiopian authorities say Eritrean troops have started withdrawing from Tigray, where they have been fighting on the side of Ethiopian forces in a war against the region's fugitive leaders.

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UN, Ethiopia rights agency to conduct joint Tigray probe

KAMPALA – The United Nations and an Ethiopian rights agency said on Thursday they had agreed to carry out a joint investigation into abuses in the embattled region of Tigray, where fighting persists as government troops hunt down the region's fugitive leaders.

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African expert warns of 'vaccine war' over access to jabs

KAMPALA – The head of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday warned against a “vaccine war” among nations amid renewed fears vaccine shipments to the continent face delays.

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Europe pause of AstraZeneca sends ripple of doubt elsewhere

KAMPALA – The suspension of the AstraZeneca vaccine in several European countries over the past week could fuel skepticism about the shot far beyond their shores, potentially threatening the rollout of a vaccine that is key to the global strategy to stamp out the coronavirus pandemic, especially in developing nations.

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Uganda's Bobi Wine arrested while protesting in the capital

KAMPALA – Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine has been arrested while leading a protest in the capital, Kampala.

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Ethiopia's leader faces intense pressure to end Tigray war

KAMPALA – Ethiopia's government on Thursday faced mounting pressure to withdraw troops from the northern region of Tigray amid growing reports of war crimes in an embattled area that now faces a humanitarian crisis.

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Uganda's Bobi Wine calls for peaceful protests after polls

KAMPALA – Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine is calling for peaceful protests in the aftermath of presidential elections, charging that electoral authorities are “grappling with forged results” that showed victory for President Yoweri Museveni.

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Africa welcomes COVAX doses but warns against 'selfishness'

KAMPALA – Urgent calls for COVID-19 vaccine fairness rang through African countries on Friday as more welcomed or rolled out doses from the global COVAX initiative, with officials acutely aware their continent needs much more.

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Uganda's Wine withdraws court challenge to election results

KAMPALA – Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine says he will withdraw a legal petition that sought to overturn the victory of President Yoweri Museveni in last month's presidential election.

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Uganda's Bobi Wine urges 'strong action' over Uganda polls

KAMPALA – Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine is urging the international community to back up concerns over the country's disputed elections with “strong actions" against President Yoweri Museveni's government.

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Uganda's president orders suspension of European-backed fund

KAMPALA – Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has ordered the suspension of a multimillion-dollar fund backed by European nations that supports the work of local groups focusing on democracy and good governance.

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Uganda's Bobi Wine goes to court to dispute president's win

KAMPALA – Ugandan presidential challenger Bobi Wine on Monday launched a court case seeking to overturn the re-election of President Yoweri Museveni, who has been in power for 35 years.

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Uganda's Bobi Wine accuses president of staging vote 'coup'

KAMPALA – Ugandan presidential challenger Bobi Wine on Friday accused the country's longtime president of staging a "coup” in last week's election and urged people to protest his loss through nonviolent means. But he suggested he might not go to court to challenge the official results.Calling the Jan.

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Despite election loss, Uganda's Bobi Wine wins growing power

KAMPALA – Ugandan presidential challenger Bobi Wine has emerged from last week's disputed election as the country's most powerful opposition leader after his party won the most seats of any opposition group in the national assembly. It's a major achievement for a party that's barely six months old and almost didn't make it on the ballot when it was accused by government officials of being an illegal entity.

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Uganda cops surround offices of Bobi Wine's opposition party

KAMPALA – The opposition party of Ugandan presidential challenger Bobi Wine said on Monday that police have prevented top officials from going to their headquarters in the capital, Kampala, as they prepare to launch a legal challenge to Wine's house arrest. Police swooped in at dawn at the offices of Wine’s National Unity Platform, diverted traffic, and stopped people from entering, party spokesman Joel Ssenyonyi, told The Associated Press.

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Uganda's opposition rejects Museveni's reelection as 'fraud'

KAMPALA – A day after Uganda's longtime leader was declared winner of the country's presidential election, the opposition party dismissed the results as “fraud” and called for the release of their leader, Bobi Wine, who has been under house arrest for several days.President Yoweri Museveni won a sixth five-year term, extending his rule to four decades, according to official results announced Saturday.Top opposition challenger Wine dismissed Museveni's victory as “cooked-up, fraudulent results” while his party urged the government to release the challenger.“We ask Ugandans to reject this fraud," the opposition party, the National Unity Platform, said in a statement Sunday. ”This is a revolution and not an event.

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Uganda says president wins 6th term as vote-rigging alleged

KAMPALA – Uganda’s electoral commission says longtime President Yoweri Museveni has won a sixth term while top opposition challenger Bobi Wine alleges rigging and officials struggle to explain how polling results were compiled amid an internet blackout.In a generational clash widely watched across the African continent, with a booming young population and a host of aging leaders, the 38-year-old singer-turned-lawmaker Wine posed arguably the greatest challenge yet to Museveni.

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Politician vs musician in Uganda pollsA 38-year-old pop star is challenging one of Africa's longest serving leaders in Uganda's hotly contested election. Robert Kyagulanyi, known by his stage name Bobi Wine, says he represents the country's younger generation, while Yoweri Museveni says he is standing for stability, reports BBC.

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US won't observe Uganda's election as accreditations denied

KAMPALA – The United States ambassador to Uganda said Wednesday the embassy has canceled plans to observe the country's tense presidential election on Thursday, citing a decision by electoral authorities to deny accreditation to most members of the observation team.Ambassador Natalie E. Brown expressed “profound disappointment” in a statement saying more than 75% of the accreditations requested had been denied.

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Uganda's opposition cites 'untold violence' before election

KAMPALA – Opposition figures in Uganda are criticizing widespread violence by security forces ahead of Thursday's presidential election, while main challenger Bobi Wine said soldiers who raided his home Tuesday morning arrested a security guard and beat two gardeners badly. “The terror, frankly, is unprecedented,” said Kizza Besigye, a veteran opposition leader who challenged longtime President Yoweri Museveni in four elections.

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Uganda accuses Facebook of 'interfering' in tense polls

KAMPALA – A Ugandan official accused Facebook of meddling in Uganda's election after several accounts linked to the campaign of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni were removed for alleged inauthentic behavior. Presidential spokesman Don Wanyama told The Associated Press on Monday that Facebook's action was evidence of what Ugandan authorities see as outside support of Bobi Wine, the leading opposition candidate in presidential elections scheduled for Thursday.

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Uganda death toll after opposition leader's arrest up to 45

KAMPALA – The death toll from last week’s protests over the arrest of Ugandan opposition presidential hopeful and musician Bobi Wine has risen to 45, police say, with more than 800 people arrested.Police spokesman Fred Enanga told reporters on Monday that “our hearts go to the families” of those killed. It was Uganda’s worst unrest in a decade.

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Death toll at 37 in Uganda unrest after Bobi Wine's arrest

KAMPALA – The death toll from protests over the arrest of Ugandan opposition presidential hopeful and musician Bobi Wine has risen to 37, police said Friday. This is the country’s worst unrest in a decade, and more is expected ahead of the election early next year.The Uganda police pathologist and the head of police health services told journalists in the capital, Kampala, that they had counted 37 bodies by Thursday morning.The protests broke out on Wednesday after police arrested Wine, who was expected to appear in court on Thursday in the eastern town of Iganga.

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Death toll up to 7 in Uganda's unrest after Bobi Wine arrest

KAMPALA – The death toll from protests over the arrest of Ugandan opposition presidential hopeful and musician Bobi Wine has risen to seven, police said Thursday, as a second day of demonstrations began.Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesman Patrick Onyango said the toll is likely to rise after more than 30 people were injured during the protests Wednesday in different parts of the East African country.“There are those who are badly off,” he said. Protests resumed for a second day in the capital, Kampala, with protesters blocking roads and burning tires.Police and army have deployed heavily in the capital to stop the protests that broke out after Wine was arrested.

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Timeline: Ethiopia's Nobel Peace Prize to brink of civil war

KAMPALA – Ethiopia's federal troops for almost a week have been battling troops loyal to the Tigray regional government, raising fears of civil war in Africa's second most populous country. Just a year ago, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for his dramatic political reforms.

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Kampala turns data into action against COVID-19 inequalities

Kampala is known for its rolling hills, kafundas (small roadside bars with a fridge, plastic chairs and a speaker blaring music) and street traders selling everything from secondhand shoes to matooke (green bananas) and luwombo (meat stew steamed in banana leaves).

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Uganda reports blood shortages amid coronavirus pandemic

KAMPALA – Health authorities in Uganda say the supply of blood has sharply declined since the start of the coronavirus pandemic as fewer people donate and schools remain closed. The consequences are sometimes deadly.Students, especially those in secondary school, are the largest group of blood donors in the East African country but schools have been closed since March amid efforts to curb the spread of the virus.

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Uganda's Bobi Wine sings against virus, criticizes leaders

KAMPALA – Ugandan pop star and opposition leader Bobi Wine, who released a song urging Africa's people to wash their hands to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, is criticizing African governments for not maintaining better health care systems for the continent's 1.3 billion people.

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Africa's mountain gorillas also at risk from coronavirus

KAMPALA – As the coronavirus infects more people around the world, conservationists are warning of the risk to another vulnerable species: Africa's endangered mountain gorilla.

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