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☆ Opinion | Abortion Is Legal in Ethiopia. But Half of These Clinics Won’t Provide Them.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Anu Kumar | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +12 min

When Congress passed the Helms Amendment, only six of those countries allowed abortion in circumstances beyond saving a woman’s life. And every year, more than 16,000 of the women and girls who have received these unsafe abortions die from more serious complications. President Biden also has the power to mitigate some of the harms of the Helms Amendment. His administration could also ensure that clinics in countries where abortion is legal understand that U.S. rules allow them to offer abortion information and counseling. The Helms Amendment is an act of international interference and overreach, and it has to end.

☆ Uganda introduces lockdown measures to halt spread of Ebola: president
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

NAIROBI, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Uganda President Yoweri Museveni said on Saturday the government was implementing an overnight curfew, closing places of worship and entertainment, and restricting movement into and out of two districts affected by Ebola for 21 days. The measures aimed at curbing the spread of the disease will be introduced immediately in Mubende and Kassanda districts in central Uganda, the epicentre of the epidemic, he said in a televised national address. "These are temporary measures to control the spread of Ebola. We should all cooperate with authorities so we bring this outbreak to an end in the shortest possible time," Museveni said. Museveni said 19 people have died since the east African nation announced the outbreak of the deadly hemorrhagic fever on Sept. 20.

☆ ‘Africa on its own’: Little help in epidemics, says official
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Africa must plan to respond effectively to disease outbreaks without international help, a top public health official said Wednesday, warning that the continent of 1.3 billion people is “on its own” during pandemics. “This is not the first outbreak of the Sudan strain of Ebola virus here in Africa and particularly here in Uganda,” he said. He said no help has come to Africa, where more monkeypox deaths have been reported this year than anywhere in the world. “Recently, during the pandemic, when we saw the number of monkeypox cases growing here in Africa, we issued a global alert but no help came to Africa,” he said. “In fact, today, as we see the tail end of the pandemic, there’s still no help coming to Africa for monkeypox.

☆ Fact Check-Parachute display gone wrong was filmed in Honduras
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video of four parachutists making haphazard landings inside a football stadium has been falsely linked by social media users to Uganda. “A parachute display by Uganda's Special Forces went somewhat tits up,” wrote one verified Twitter user as a caption (here). But the video was filmed in Honduras and is unrelated to Uganda. According to local media, 40 Air Force paratroopers conducted a display over the stadium on Sept. 15 to mark Honduras Independence Day. The video was captured in Honduras.

Members of a government-aligned militia earlier this year on the outskirts of Abala, a town near the rebel-held city of Mekelle, the capital of the Tigray region. Cross-border fighting has flared again in the bloody conflict pitting Ethiopia and its allies against rebels from the country’s Tigray region, threatening to destabilize a swath of East Africa as U.S. diplomats push to restart stalled peace negotiations. Tens of thousands of soldiers from Eritrea, which is backing Ethiopia’s government, have opened three new fronts in recent days, according to diplomats and analysts. Aid agencies say the fighting in the northern region of Tigray is the heaviest since hostilities resumed in August, with artillery and drone strikes destroying civilian infrastructure and cutting off deliveries of food to more than five million people.

☆ MacKenzie Scott donates $15 million to a social enterprise that provides affordable eyeglasses to millions of people
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has given $15M to a social enterprise that provides cheap eyeglasses. VisionSpring said it'll help generate $1 billion in income for agricultural and artisan workers. Scott has pledged to give away most of her fortune as part of the Giving Pledge she signed in 2019. Scott recently gave two Beverly Hills mansions worth about $55 million to the California Community Foundation. It is the second time Scott has assisted the charity following her $20 million donation last year to establish the LA Arts Endowment Fund.

☆ Deadly Ebola Outbreak Spreads to Uganda’s Capital
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Nicholas Bariyo | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

KAMPALA Uganda—A deadly outbreak of the Ebola virus has spread from rural Uganda into the capital, Kampala, the country’s Health Ministry said Wednesday, raising further fears of a wider spread of the deadly Sudan strain for which there are no proven vaccines or antiviral treatments. Nineteen people are confirmed dead from the hemorrhagic fever since Ugandan health authorities announced that a 24-year-old man was killed by the relatively rare Sudan strain of Ebola last month. Nineteen others, including six members of the man’s family, are also believed to have died as far back as early August, but were never tested, the health ministry said.

☆ Vaccine trials on Sudan Ebola strain to start in weeks - WHO chief
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Elias Biryabarema | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), attends the 75th World Health Assembly at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, May 22, 2022. REUTERS/Denis BalibouseKAMPALA, Oct 12 (Reuters) - World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday a clinical trial of vaccines to combat the Sudan strain of Ebola could start within weeks as an outbreak of the disease in Uganda reached the capital, stirring alarm. The East African country declared an outbreak of Ebola on Sept. 20 and said infections were being caused by the Sudan strain. There have been worries the spread of infection in Uganda could be difficult to control because currently there is no vaccine for the Sudan strain. Although it has no vaccine, WHO has previously said the Sudan strain is less transmissible and has shown a lower fatality rate in previous outbreaks than Ebola Zaire.

☆ WHO calls for more international aide to prevent Ebola from spreading beyond Uganda
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The World Health Organization is working with Uganda to prevent a deadly Ebola outbreak in the East African nation from spreading to neighboring nations, the global health agency's chief said on Wednesday. Health authorities in Uganda have identified 74 confirmed and probable cases of Ebola across five districts, according to the WHO. Uganda declared an outbreak of Ebola in late September after person from a village in the central region of the country tested positive for the virus. Ebola symptoms include unexplained hemorrhaging, bleeding or bruising as well as fever, severe headaches, muscle and joint pain, weakness and fatigue, sore throat, loss of appetite, stomach pain, diarrhea and vomiting, according to the CDC. U.S. Health Secretary Xavier Becerra last week offered his counterpart in Uganda support from the Health and Human Services Department.

☆ WHO calls for more international aid to prevent Ebola from spreading beyond Uganda
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The World Health Organization is working with Uganda to prevent a deadly Ebola outbreak in the East African nation from spreading to neighboring nations, the global health agency's chief said on Wednesday. Health authorities in Uganda have identified 74 confirmed and probable cases of Ebola across five districts, according to the WHO. Uganda declared an outbreak of Ebola in late September after a person from a village in the central region of the country tested positive for the virus. Ebola symptoms include unexplained hemorrhaging, bleeding or bruising as well as fever, severe headaches, muscle and joint pain, weakness and fatigue, sore throat, loss of appetite, stomach pain, diarrhea and vomiting, according to the CDC. U.S. Health Secretary Xavier Becerra last week offered his counterpart in Uganda support from the Health and Human Services Department.

☆ Ebola case confirmed in Uganda's capital Kampala - Health Minister
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

KAMPALA, Oct 12 (Reuters) - An ebola case in the latest outbreak of the haemorrhagic fever in Uganda has been confirmed in the country's capital Kampala, according to the health minister. The person died on October 7th and the ebola infection was confirmed posthumously from a sample that had been taken from him before he was buried, the minister, Jane Ruth Aceng said. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Elias Biryabarema Editing by James Macharia ChegeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ General Muhoonzi: Uganda's Museveni apologizes to Kenya for son's invasion tweets
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-06 | by ( Nimi Princewill Cnn Reuters | Nimi Princewill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —President Yoweri Museveni has apologized to Kenyans over tweets posted by his son Muhoozi Kainerugaba that had repeatedly threatened to invade Uganda’s East African neighbor. In a series of tweets on Monday and Tuesday, Kainerugaba posted provocative messages, including proposing the unification of Kenya and Uganda. “It wouldn’t take us, my army and me, 2 weeks to capture Nairobi,” Kainerugaba wrote, referring to Kenya’s capital. Despite his apology, Museveni justified Kainerugaba’s promotion, saying his son had only erred in his comments and not in his service. Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni pictured in 2018.

☆ Video: How Uganda is fighting to contain another Ebola outbreak
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-06 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

Uganda is fighting its second Ebola outbreak since 2019 - but with new tactics learned during the Covid-19 pandemic. CNN's Larry Madowo reports.

☆ This Y Combinator-backed fintech provides loans to small businesses in Africa. Check out the 10-slide pitch deck Numida used to raise $12.3 million.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Callum Burroughs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Numida, a Ugandan fintech that offers credit to small businesses, has raised $12.3 million in new funding. The startup, which was founded by three Canadian Y Combinator graduates in 2015, wants to expand access to working capital for businesses across Africa. Numida believes there are 20 million small and micro businesses lacking working capital, an opportunity it values at around $5 billion. "Our initial process was simple: How do we provide the best form of working capital to excluded people?" Serena Williams' fund Serena Ventures is leading a $7.3 million portion of equity funding alongside Breega, 4Di Capital, Launch Africa, Soma Capital, Y Combinator, and MFS Africa.

☆ Ebola infections grow in Uganda as death toll rises to 23
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Nimi Princewill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Ebola infections have risen across districts in Uganda, bringing the cumulative number of confirmed and suspected deaths to 23, health authorities in the east African country said Monday. Uganda declared an Ebola outbreak last Tuesday after a case of the relatively rare Sudan strain was detected in the country’s Mubende district. The virus has now spread to neighboring Kyegegwa and Kassanda districts, with the Ugandan Health Ministry reporting that cumulative cases had risen to 36, including confirmed and probable cases. The ministry considers “confirmed cases” as those with positive lab results. However, the Ervebo (rVSV-ZEBOV) vaccine has been found to be effective in protecting against the Zaire variant of the Ebola virus.

☆ Uganda says Ebola caseload rises to 16 as outbreak grows
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Ugandan health workers speak to members of the community before carrying out the first vaccination exercise against the ebola virus in Kirembo village, near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo in Kasese district, Uganda June 16, 2019. The outbreak had also now spread to three districts, all in central Uganda. The east African country last week announced the outbreak of Ebola, a haemorrhagic fever whose symptoms include intense body weakness, muscle pain, headache and sore throat, vomiting, diarrhoea and rashes among others. read moreRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterThe current outbreak, attributed to the Ebola Sudan strain, appears to have started in a small village in Mubende district around the beginning of September, authorities have said. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Elias Biryabarema Editing by Alistair BellOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ The climate crisis and the energy transition are exacerbating inequality, putting those least responsible in the worst position
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Leaders gathered for the United Nations General Assembly and Climate Week focused on inequality. The climate crisis and the energy transition are widening disparities, leaders said. Rich countries must meet pledges to help those least responsible for the crisis, advocates say. These regions combined have contributed less than 1% of historical carbon-dioxide emissions yet are bearing the brunt of climate impacts. Meanwhile, Europe is in the midst of an energy crisis because Russian President Vladimir Putin has scaled back natural-gas supplies to retaliate against Western sanctions.

☆ 11 dead in suspected and confirmed Ebola cases in Uganda
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Nimi Princewill | Anneclaire Stapleton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

(CNN) In the last 24 hours, Uganda has recorded four confirmed cases of Ebola, bringing the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 11, the country's health ministry reported Friday in a statement. The Ugandan Health Ministry considers a "probable case" as any person who died from suspected EVD (ebola) and had an epidemiological link to a confirmed case but was not tested and did not have lab confirmation. The ministry considers "confirmed cases" for those with positive lab results. Providing more details on the spread, the ministry said a total of 58 contacts of the confirmed cases had been traced. Uganda declared an Ebola outbreak on Tuesday after a case of the rare Sudan strain was detected in the country.

☆ One-year-old dies as 11 more suspected Ebola cases identified in Uganda
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( David Mckenzie | Allegra Goodwin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

(CNN) Uganda's Ministry of Health reported another 11 suspected cases of Ebola identified in the country's Mubende district as of Tuesday. Of these, the ministry recorded one probable Ebola-related death, a one-year-old, it said in a statement released Tuesday night. Samples for the one-year-old and the 10 suspected cases undergoing isolation are being tested at the Uganda Virus Research Institute, the ministry said. So far, 11 suspected cases, one confirmed case, and six cases considered probable have been identified as of Tuesday night. That case was confirmed after testing a sample from a 24-year-old man in the Mubende district, who the ministry said died after displaying symptoms.

☆ Uganda has confirmed seven Ebola cases so far, one death
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Elias Biryabarema | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/James AkenaKAMPALA, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Uganda has confirmed seven cases of Ebola including in a man who died this week, and seven other deaths are being investigated as suspected cases of a strain for which the authorities do not yet have a vaccine, officials said on Thursday. "As of today, we have seven confirmed cases, of whom we have one confirmed death," Kyobe Henry Bbosa, Ebola incident commander at the Ugandan Ministry of Health, told a briefing. However, Otim said the Sudan strain posed a greater threat because the world did not yet have a vaccine for it like it has with the Zaire strain. In 2019, Uganda experienced an outbreak of Ebola Zaire. In August, a new case of Ebola virus was confirmed in the city of Beni in eastern Congo.

☆ Outbreak of Rare Ebola Strain Declared in Uganda
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Nicholas Bariyo | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Diana Atwine, permanent secretary at Uganda’s health ministry, said a 24-year-old man was found to have been infected with the Sudan strain of Ebola. KAMPALA, Uganda—Uganda declared an outbreak of a relatively rare strain of the Ebola virus on Tuesday, raising concerns of a wider spread because existing vaccines haven’t yet been tested against this version of the virus. A 24-year-old man who died Monday in central Uganda was found to have been infected with the Sudan strain of Ebola, said Diana Atwine, permanent secretary at Uganda’s health ministry.

CNN —Uganda declared an outbreak of Ebola after a case of the relatively rare Sudan strain was confirmed in the country, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. “This is the first time in more than a decade that Uganda is recording the Ebola Sudan strain,” Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa said. “We are working closely with the national health authorities to investigate the source of this outbreak.”Uganda last reported an outbreak of Ebola Sudan in 2012, the WHO said. Uganda’s last outbreak was in 2019 when it confirmed the Zaire Ebola strain, which led to the death a of 9-year-old Congolese girl near the border with the DRC. According to the WHO, vaccination has been approved against the Zaire strain but inoculation against the Sudan strain hasn’t been tested.

☆ Uganda declares Ebola outbreak after Sudan strain found
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Elias Biryabarema | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/James Akena/FilesKAMPALA, Sept 20 (Reuters) - An outbreak of Ebola has been declared in Uganda after health authorities confirmed a case of the relatively rare Sudan strain, the health ministry and World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. "Uganda is no stranger to effective Ebola control. The WHO said there had been seven previous outbreaks of the Ebola Sudan strain, four in Uganda and three in Sudan. It said Uganda last reported an outbreak of Ebola Sudan strain in 2012 and an outbreak of the Ebola Zaire strain in 2019. Another vaccine produced by Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) may be effective but has yet to be specifically tested against the Sudan strain, it added.

☆ Opinion: The tyranny of Idi Amin -- and limits of a British welcome
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Opinion Lucy Fulford | Lucy Fulford | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

She is the author of a forthcoming book, "The Exiled: Empire, Immigration and How Ugandan Asians Changed Britain." In early August 1972, Uganda's brutal military dictator Idi Amin ordered the expulsion of the country's entire Asian population -- including my grandparents. And a British welcomeBut when Amin gave his expulsion order, the British government didn't leap into action. Prince Philip meets Ugandan Asians at a British reception center in Kent, November 1972. Lucy FulfordFormer Prime Minister David Cameron has referred to Ugandan Asians as "one of the most successful groups of immigrants anywhere in the history of the world," a legacy many British Ugandan Asians are rightly proud of.

☆ Ferdinand Omanyala: Africa's fastest man races to make Kenya a 'sprinting nation'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Jackie Prager | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Photos: These African athletes made history at Tokyo 2020 Eliud Kipchoge, Kenya: The 36-year-old marathoner is considered among the " The 36-year-old marathoner is considered among the " greatest of all time ," and Kipchoge showed it once again at the Tokyo Olympics, winning gold in the men's marathon. That's back-to-back wins for the Kenyan superstar, making him only the third man ever to defend his gold medal in this event. Hide Caption 5 of 11Photos: These African athletes made history at Tokyo 2020 Faith Kipyegon, Kenya: Kenya celebrated more record-breaking success on the track when Kipyegon defended her gold medal in the women's 1,500m, setting a new Olympic record in the process. Hide Caption 6 of 11Photos: These African athletes made history at Tokyo 2020 Uche Eke, Nigeria: The young athlete became the The young athlete became the first gymnast to qualify and compete for Nigeria at the Olympics. Hide Caption 8 of 11Photos: These African athletes made history at Tokyo 2020 Selemon Barega, Ethiopia: Crossing the finish line ahead of Ugandans Joshua Cheptegei and Jacob Kiplimo, Barega captured the gold medal in the men's 10,000 meters.

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