Allied Democratic Forces, a Uganda group that pledges allegiance to Islamic State, attacked a secondary school in Mpondwe, burnt dormitory & looted food, said the country's police.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he has instructed the State Department to update travel guidance to US citizens and businesses over travel to Uganda.
Uganda's Ebola outbreak has been blunted by the absence of a proven vaccine against the Sudan strain of the virus. Vaccines against the more common Zaire strain are effective.
There is no vaccine for Sudan strain behind the latest infections. Uganda's health ministry said that before Dr. Ali's death, the disease had so far infected 35 people & killed 7.
The patient showed signs of the Sudan strain of Ebola, last seen in Uganda in 2012. There is also no clarity on how effective existing Ebola vaccines will be against this variant.
The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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