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Reporter at The Wall Street Journal, watching Uganda and Africa's Great Lakes Region. DMs open, story tips to nicholas.bariyo@wsj.com
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A Four-Year Truce Collapses and Ethiopia Is at War Again

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Tigrayan rebels seize airports, batter government forces KAMPALA, Uganda—Secessionist rebels in Ethiopia’s north have shattered a four-year truce with government forces, seizing three airports and returning the East African nation to civil war.
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Unpaid Ebola Workers Let Families Touch the Dead

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By Nicholas Bariyo Verified
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The protests by health teams are the latest problem to undermine the effort to halt the spread of the virus Sept. 8, 2026 10:58 am ET Health workers at the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak protest over unpaid wages in Ituri, eastern Congo. Constant Same Bagalwa/AP KAMPALA, Uganda—Efforts to halt the spread of the Congo’s deadliest outbreak of Ebola are faltering. Health workers are going unpaid.
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The Paradox Behind the Relentless Spread of the Rare Ebola Strain

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By Nicholas Bariyo Verified
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Bundibugyo variant replicates more slowly, meaning it can spread farther and kill more people before burning out The Bundibugyo strain is the rarest of four known Ebola virus species. Jospin Mwisha/AFP/Getty Images KAMPALA, Uganda—The scariest thing about the Ebola strain ripping through East Africa this year might be rather surprising: It isn’t quite as lethal as those in earlier outbreaks. Previous variants were more dangerous on the face of it.
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