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      <text>The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control activates its emergency preparedness systems after the World Health Organization designated the ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda a public health emergency. </text>
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    <text>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control activates its emergency preparedness systems after the World Health Organization designated the ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda a public health emergency. </text>
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    <text>The World Health Organization declares the Ebola virus outbreak in Uganda and Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, a public health emergency of international concern. </text>
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    <text>The South Sudan Health Ministry issues an ebola alert in the country following cases in the DRC and Uganda. </text>
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    <text>An ebola outbreak is confirmed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Ituri Province by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, killing 80 people. </text>
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      <text>A study published in the Science journal finds that 28 chimpanzees, including 19 infants, have killed during an ongoing chimpanzee war in Kibale National Park, Uganda. </text>
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    <text>A study published in the Science journal finds that 28 chimpanzees, including 19 infants, have been killed during an ongoing chimpanzee war in Kibale National Park, Uganda. </text>
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    <text>Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine says soldiers have raided his Kampala residence, hospitalized his wife after assaulting her, and seized their property following Wine's rejection of election results that gave President Yoweri Museveni a new term. </text>
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    <text>Clashes between protesters opposed to president Yoweri Museveni and police leave at least seven people dead in Butambala, Uganda. </text>
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    <text>Five South Sudanese soldiers, one Ugandan soldier, and one civilian are killed in a shooting at two villages in Yumbe District, Uganda, in a retaliatory strike against the South Sudan People's Defence Forces after the killing of a Uganda People's Defence Force soldier during border clashes on Monday. Both countries have agreed to an immediate ceasefire. </text>
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      <text>Two people, including a suicide bomber, are killed near a Roman Catholic shrine in Kampala, Uganda on Uganda Martyrs day. Police attribute the bombing to Allied Democratic Forces rebels. </text>
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      <text>Two people, including a suicide bomber, are killed near a Roman Catholic shrine in Kampala, Uganda. Police attribute the bombing to Allied Democratic Forces rebels. </text>
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    <text>Two people, including a suicide bomber, are killed near a Roman Catholic shrine in Kampala, Uganda, on Uganda Martyrs' Day. Police attribute the bombing to Allied Democratic Forces rebels. </text>
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      <text>Somali federal government and the African Union have finalized the troop distribution for the new mission AUSSOM, resolving prior disputes between Ethiopian–Somali conflict and later Burundi and Somalia. The mission will deploy 11,900 personnel, including soldiers, police, and civilian staff. Under the agreement, Uganda will contribute 4,500 troops, followed by Ethiopia with 2,500, Djibouti with 1,520, Kenya with 1,410, and Egypt with 1,091. </text>
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    <text>The Somalian government and the African Union finalize the troop distribution for the new peacekeeping mission AUSSOM, resolving prior disputes with Ethiopia and later Burundi. The mission will deploy 11,900 personnel, including soldiers, police, and civilian staff. Under the agreement, Uganda will contribute 4,500 troops, followed by Ethiopia with 2,500, Djibouti with 1,520, Kenya with 1,410, and Egypt with 1,091. </text>
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  <text>Uganda's health ministry confirms three new Ebola cases, a woman who traveled from the DRC and two Ugandan workers that had contact with her, bringing the country's total to five cases and one death. </text>
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