Reporter at The Wall Street Journal, watching Uganda and Africa's Great Lakes Region. DMs open, story tips to [email protected]
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First Ebola patients in Nigeria and Kenya might have crossed paths at Uganda airport - ABC News via @ABC - abcnews.com/Health/wireStory…
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Kenyans are nervously waiting to see whether they acted in time to stop a full-blown Ebola outbreak. on.wsj.com/4iaPlPY
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Here is an early look at the front page of The Wall Street Journal on.wsj.com/4elZIzt
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The Wagner Group heir is making a killing in guns, drugs and gold. After his father died aboard an exploding plane, Pavel Prigozhin, 28, took command of the world’s most notorious mercenary force. on.wsj.com/4saD2aY
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At age 25, Pavel Prigozhin inherited Wagner Group, an empire of gunfighters, gold smugglers, opioid dealers, brewers and vodka distillers.
Once seen as a pampered playboy, he turned out to be a natural.
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How a Russian lieutenant turned against his homeland and helped Ukraine kill hundreds of his comrades, in the deadliest sabotage campaign of the war. wsj.com/world/russian-defect… via @WSJ
A man who fell ill with Ebola boarded a commercial flight to Nairobi and died shortly after arrival, becoming Kenya’s first reported death in an epidemic that has killed over 4,000 in Congo, latest with @caroline__kimeu wsj.com/world/africa/ebola-p… via @WSJ
Drones Strike Ethiopia’s Capital as Country Severs Ties with Eritrea wsj.com/world/africa/drones-… via @WSJ
Drones Strike Ethiopia’s Capital as Country Severs Ties with Eritrea wsj.com/world/africa/drones-… via @WSJ
President Trump hosted Chinese leader Xi Jinping for a summit heavy on ceremony and light on outcomes, concealing major disagreements on trade, technology and Beijing’s support for Iran wsj.com/world/china/five-tak…
Tigray rebels in Ethiopia’s north have shattered a four-year truce with government forces, seizing three airports and threatening a return to a civil war that killed 600,000 people wsj.com/world/africa/a-four-… via @WSJ
“Traditionally, the relations between Houthis and al-Shabaab were purely transactional,” Awes Yusuf Ahmed, Somalia’s national security adviser, said in an interview. “That doesn’t mean there aren’t some new factors added after the Iran-U.S.A. war which can be of strategic importance.” wsj.com/world/middle-east/ir… via @WSJ
Pro-Business Leader Wins Re-Election in Zambia Vote Marred by Fraud Allegations wsj.com/world/africa/pro-bus… via @WSJ
The Bundibugyo Ebola variant replicates more slowly than other strains, meaning it can spread farther and kill more people before burning out wsj.com/world/africa/the-par…
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WSJ: The Paradox Behind the Relentless Spread of the Rare Ebola Strain
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The Bundibugyo variant replicates more slowly, meaning it can spread farther and kill more people before burning out
Trump, a senior administration official said, likes winners—and Zelensky, in the U.S. president’s estimation, is increasingly looking like one.
“We’ve actually developed a good relationship. It’s hard to believe, right?” Trump said recently.
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The AI tech mogul dumped his wife for a younger woman a decade ago—before his company stock went through the roof. He’s now worth around $5 billion. His ex asked for half. wsj.com/world/asia/nvidia-sk… via @WSJ
Ebola response workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo fear WhatsApp voice notes are being used to supercharge rumors and spread falsehoods wsj.com/world/africa/in-cong… via @WSJ
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In C.A.R., Wagner Group mercenaries have trafficked in myriad business ventures: gold, diamonds, hardwood timber, guns, bottled water, soft drinks. Now they're also drug trafficking (an opioid painkiller called tramadol). Crazy story by @Nicholasbariyo
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With a legendary call that namechecked Churchill, Thatcher and Princess Diana, a Norwegian broadcaster carved out a permanent spot in the fragile psyche of English soccer forever. wsj.com/sports/soccer/the-ep… via @WSJ
