uganda has gone even further and banned those thin bags we all know from the grocery store. and that's what a young entrepreneur sees as his chance to set up a big business. >> plastic bags have long been banned in uganda, but in the suburbs of kampala, they're still littering the ground. andrew mupuya wants to change that. he's 21 years old. five years ago he founded his own company. with 15 co-workers, he makes paper bags. the young entrepreneur comes from humble circumstances. he earned his start-up capital all by himself. >> i collected used plastic bottles. then i mobilized my fellow students in school and we collected over 70 kilograms, and i sold them to the recycling plant. when people saw me collecting those plastic bottles, they thought i might have gone mad. but i knew what i was doing. >> that start-up capital amounted to $12. now he sells yeli paper bags all over uganda. his customers are small shops and pharmacies. the market developed rapidly. andrew mupuya now produces 20,000 paper bags a week by hand. the simplest bags are folded in 9 steps. the most complic

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brazil uganda has been in power since one thousand nine hundred six. over two decades so far really is also changing of course it's a shift in the case of the congo the current president is also changing the course of the show so i can name all these different countries so a week before the summits obama called when young africans in washington in these so-called young african leadership initiative it week later is bring again do i. a strong man so he's sending mixed messages to african youth saying we want you to have good leadership on the other hand i will invite african dictators to done we've me so that's very confusing message for young africans may look at it as a positive thing for the united states to do but for me it's really a u.s. interest the u.s. trying to counter china with african continent china had enough with the summits in the early two thousand so it's a way to have africa as a mini of say we get out of africa instead of supporting the will of the people the consummate yemen the talk specifically about some of these leaders that he

the djibouti in uganda for example libya was being lashed from airport. military post when one speaks of the locals you see that the so-called military post is growing into a military base and is growing and growing but clear is to counter china's presence there china has been we've been bringing development and infrastructure development on the continent there may be discussion about what is chinese actually doing but what one thing as a young african i know china is supporting strongman where they're bringing their weapons of the military to train these dictators who are killing african people so that's the difference between those two that i mean this is an incredible point and i was just going to ask you how did this happen how do we get to this point where there is more than one military operation happening across the entire continent with the exception of just two countries according to africa own numbers i'm shocked i mean really when i hear people saying i mean we've been at war with africa that we're conducting military operations so widespread h

good to see uganda is now helping. we had a conversation yesterday about these experimental drugs z map and canada is sending a type of vaccine to help as well. what does that tell us, the fact that the w.h.o. is saying it's ethical to use things that hasn't been tested on humans, but what does it tell us about how desperate the fight is in west africa right now to try and contain this outbreak? >> i think it's a very good point. it does show the desperation that any tool that is available, is being mobilized to get out there and potentially help this fight. but ultimately, though those drugs might have a small effect on individual people, but on the global sense, not necessarily. the contact tracing and the quarantining of areas is absolutely the most important thing to do to stem this outbreak. you've always seen, as you mentioned, various countries taking different measures. germany saying they want their citizens out. certain air acarriers have suspended flights. others will continue flying into the region. it must

for someone in uganda, this is the best kind of work to do.have had a lot of success training people from local high schools and universities. >> we talked about endlessly about unemployment, will it be at six percent or six point three percent. what kind of statistics are we talking about in africa? >> extremely high rates of unemployment, up to 60-80% where we work. and people don't understand that that is one of the key drivers of terrorism in the region. >> it seems like an impossible thing to get around if you are so surrounded by this. how could you ever overcome it with out an opportunity? >> there are actually a lot of talented graduates and employing them through the internet is much easier than employing them through traditional means. to build the factory in a location like uganda would be difficult. you can find an internet center containers.ipping we get a lot -- we get over a lot of the infrastructure hurdles. >> what kind of jobs do you see? >> globally, online work is a fast-growing industry. it is expected to hit about $5 bill

on the morning of february 28, 2010 districts in uganda were in church when they heard that sound of gunfire and they found out that they were burning down their homes and torching their crops and shooting their livestock keeping them at gunpoint and marched them away at gunpoint. it was designed as a technical solution to raise people's incomes. obviously it didn't work out as intended and a couple of additional things that where this is an extreme horror story yet there are a couple of additional things that are somewhat revealing in the forgotten rights of the poor that are so often neglected and ignored. so two things that happened, one is like the other violations that happened this one made it onto the front page of "the new york times." so you would have thought that would have led to some kind of a corrective response in the case. the world bank, twitter the next day said they would do an investigation into what happened and that sounded like the direct response at the time. it's now been four years and there hasn't been a real investigation into what happened that was the fi

african leaders and an activist in uganda. thank you for sharing your perspective with us. >> it was 100 years ago on monday that germany invaded belgium as part of a planned attack on france. that same night, britain joined the war. >> what was expected to be a brief battle turned into world war i, a four-year bloody conflict that fast became one of the deadliest in history and shaped what europe is today. >> today, former entities and allies gathered to commemorate the soldiers and victims. >> a celebration of these -- europe's leaders and together to commemorate the first world war which started 100 years ago. thousands turned out on the streets to see the belgian royal couple arriving in swift succession. the eu mission specialists, the dugan duchess of cambridge, and the german president. divided by conflict in 1914, these leaders now stand side-by-side. but all are aware of the fragility of peace will stop >> the remembrance of the first world war allows us to reflect on the decision to keep the peace and wring our peopl

for someone in numeral part of uganda is the best kind of work to do. had a lot of success training and people from local high schools and universities there. >> i love the expanse and scope of the notion of this. we talk endlessly about unemployment, willoughby and 6% or 6.3%. what kind of statistics are we talking about in africa? >> extremely high rates of unemployment. 60% 80% in some of the communities where we work. people don't understand that that is one of the key drivers of terrorism in the region. >> it seems like an impossible to get around if you are so surrounded by this, particularly a young person without education. have you ever overcome it? >> there are a lot of talented graduates in these communities. we are finding that employing them through the internet is much easier than employing them through traditional means. build a big factory, in a location like northern uganda -- it would be really difficult. but with fiber-optic connectivity, we can set up an internet center inside shipping containers. we have over 100 people working. we

we are preparing for alarge field testing in uganda.really exciteabout this. 6.7 million hours of the patch, with real people, one of three districts we'll be testing them, all of which have exceptionally high mal malaria rates, as well as mosquito born diseases. >> ceo amra albana is responsible for this technology in order to get to people who need it most. >> it's very difficult to take new technologies and furnish them into tangible products that were ready for the marketplace. we are excited about it and the promise for the technology but we also knew we had a long way to actually get it ready. in the last 60 years, we haven't really had any break through in technologies that could help in mosquito-borne diseeses diseases. three and a half years ago we had the potential of saving many, many, many lives around the world. >> this one is definitely getting a lot of attention and so for that reason a lot of entomologists we've been kind of talking about it and we are a bit skeptical but also hopeful. testing it in the lab is quite diff

. >> reporter: this is the former director of the cdc and dealt with an out break in uganda. >> the uganda outbreak and others before it were controlled in a matter of weeks. this is clearly going to take months. >> reporter: ebola spread to four african countries killing at least 961 people. in nigeria, travelers are being screened at airports. >> what we need is for those infected to make themselves available quickly. >> reporter: a catholic humanitarian group says ebola took the life of a nun working in nigeria. we spoke with a woman who was friends with patrick sawyer, the man who died from ebola last month. >> shocking, unbelievable to see a young man, very vibrant young man with a lot of promise for life to lose his life like that. that was terrible. >> reporter: a country's message echoed by liberian americans more than 5,000 miles away. >> we are helpless. that's why we are crying out to everybody. >> reporter: today, guinea closed their borders trying to contain the outbreak. liberia rushed to claim protesters and blame the government for not collecting the bodies of ebola patient

. >> staying in africa, uganda's constitutional court has invalidated a law that provided jail termsof up to life in prison for those convicted of engaging in gay sex. it also allowed lengthy jail terms for those convicted of the promotion of homosexuality. >> the judge said not enough lawmakers were present when a vote on the bill took place, making the legislation no and void. the ugandan president signed the law in february. the u.s., the world bank, and european donor nations have protested the legislation by cutting financial aid to uganda. other laws restricting homosexuality remain in place in the country. according to statistics, flying is safer than driving, but new research has revealed some troubling information. >> that's right. scientists, for the first time, say they have evidence that a pilot may become chronically ill from exposure to contaminated cabin air. >> prior to his death, a british airways employee said he was convinced he was being poisoned by engine fumes that had leaked on board. >> richard westgate was just 43 years old when he died after suffering from a

the second statement regarding uganda. the secretary general welcomes the decision by to annul the anti-homosexuality law. >> the un secretary general spokesman. now talking about a story we updated you a little earlier on here, and we'll be reporting again later in this bulletin, about striking down that law in uganda, but earlier he was talking about the collapse of the ceasefire in gaza. let's bring in james bayes who is in west jerusalem at the moment. you heard he was expressing the secretary general's dismay. james, what are the options now diplomatically for the un as it tries to broker a -- some sort of peace between the two sides? well, they have. [ technical difficulties ] i think there will be questions about what the israeli military were doing at the time. and the exact words of this ceasefire agreement. because the ceasefire agreement wasn't very clear about what the israeli military could do. and john kerry gave his explanation, he said the israeli military could carry on defensive operations behind the line

of the lgbt people especially against the backdrop of the you kind of legislation -- you gotta -- uganda legislation. >> may be over eight years i am incredibly proud it was not a secret. i wrote about the bill and during the time this was going on and it was one of those classics and a call distractions where people without real economic growth and people who were not concerned with homosexuality. these are things that have been used as a wedge issue to distract from other complicated issues. but broadly it is quite real and quite dangerous and it depends on the country and the city it also depends hell cosmopolitan as they are different but i did note that uganda had its first pride parade this week which is remarkable given the danger and we could quibble about the nature of the danger of whether the up population or the political class and by the way it is a big problem. i point to my discussion of community norms family is the important dynamic it is a shelter against everything that people look to drive the norms to create the support system to talk about where it is illegal so the

uganda is now joining the fight to help stop the spread of the virus.he central east african country is sending 20 medical experts to the hardest hit countries in west africa. the world health organization says uganda's efforts are a significant contribution. so certainly a welcomed effort. and meantime, sample doses of an experimental ebola drug have arrived in liberia from the u.s. where they will be used to treat two infected doctors there. let's bring you an update on one of the two americans who refed the drug. she's now in a hospital in the u.s., but became infected with ebola while working as a missionary in liberia. cnn's senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen caught up with her husband to find out how she's doing. >> reporter: when nancy contracted ebola in africa, her husband, david, the man she had spent the last 40 years with, couldn't even touch her. do you remember the haslast tim you could hug her or hold her? >> i was able to be in personal protection equipment and i patted her just to let her know that i was there, that i loved he

in tanzania, senegal, uganda and burkina faso, we're helping to prevent maternal deaths. and in 34 countries we're fighting to reduce the deadly scourge of tobacco use. all of those efforts are saving lives and also supporting economic development because the healthier a society is, the more productive it is and the greatest its potential for growth. we're also working to create jobs through training programs in rwanda and the democratic republic of congo. president paul of rwanda and the president of the democratic republic of the congo are both here today, and both have been leaders in promoting sustainable farming. and to support that work, we provide the resources and training to help women create independent coffee farming businesses. more than 108,000 women have benefited from this program so far, and if you had a cup of coffee this morning, you are benefiting from it too. now, if you didn't get much sleep last night, have a second cup. [laughter] in the decades ahead, i don't think there's any limit to the progress that africa can make. imagine for a moment an afri

as in uganda a couple of months and during the time this is going on i read about it in the context ofbeing one of those classically cynical political distractions. this is a place where you have young people without jobs, a president that's been there since 1986 in people who are not aired with homosexuality per se as much as these other things. this is something that's been used as a wedge issue, has been used as a crude ploy by politicians in that country to distract from other more complicated issues in the political scene. more broadly however, in africa is quite real and it's quite dangerous to be out. defense in the country or city, and a place like nairobi, cop car, cape town commandos are different in rural areas. i did note that uganda had its first pride parade this week, which is remarkable given the danger involved in that and we could quibble about whether what the nature of the danger is, whether it's the population that is feeling animosity or whether it's political class. either way it's a big problem. i point to my discussion community norms in the boat. family is an

said those who'd try to figure out of nigeria or uganda with the women's organization. also working with the "twilight" foundation so house do we bring those opportunities? so the government's view trying to figure out a share the belief that women's empowerment is the human rights issue whether education or health or life a good we need to empower women. with those pardners who supported us when we were a ty abc day and to -- a tiny seed. [laughter] but we need the fet agile support that is crucial. can to what i say is the 6 degrees of impact. i am sure many people so exxon mobile introduced us to the state department looking for that global alliance. so that creates a massive impact and also future capacity building and that program from uganda in and i am happy to say a they will be going to that initiative so to invest in the people who visit and create that final standing globally. also with exxonmobil partnering to monetary and evaluation and finally to build the blueprint of the training program we brought our first solar brother to do a phenomenal job. i just w

we partner with union and uganda. we're working with conservation organization like africa wildlife foundation in tanzania. return to figure out how do we bring livelihood opportunities to the communities. we also work with donors and governments who are trying to figure out and also share our belief that women's empowerment is needed not just because it's a gender issue. it's a human rights issue. so education, health, livelihood. we need to empower women and that's where partnership with exxon mobil comes in. one of the first private sector partners who to believe and our idea and supported us when we were tiny, tiny seed in a brainwave. from that we have become a tiny plant at our goal is to become -- with a long way to go but as noa said, exxon mobil provided us financial support. that is crucial, opening the purse itself is not enough. partnership goes beyond that. and to what i say it's six degrees of impact. all of you in the room, i am sure you know many people to whom we can multiply the combined impact of so

the lord resistance army of joseph kony that president in the drc and in uganda. the sociopolitical and security crisis that central african republic has been facing. and thiss worrisome despite numerous initiatives undertaken for peace and security by the community of central african states, the african union itself, the european union, united states and the united nations. the lack of security and grave violations of the rights of man are rampant. it is estimated that somewhere between 10% and 20% of the 4 million citizens of central africa have been displaced because of the current crisis picture, letgrim us pinpoint a few glimmers of hope. nairobi,ber 2013 in and 23, which was rooted in the east the democratic republic of began abandoning conflict and began adopting a law of amnesty. at the same time, in the eastern region of the drc, the farming of the combatants of the ugandan liberation army and the fdl are, the uganda rebels are ongoing. the central african republic, my own country, congo serves ash international mediator as established by the african unio

and that is in uganda.hey hope that scientist also find a cure soon so others won't suffer what he went through. >> in india's eastern area, more than 300 villages are flooded after major rivers have overflowed. many people have taken refugee on embankments, buildings and cycling shelters. the floods have damaged 30,000 homes. >>> so let's take a look at the weather there, of course, the emphasis on the flooding and around the world as well. richard. >> meteorologist: thanks. we've got a separate weather event that is taking place. over the last few days it's effected northern parts of pakistan, northern parts of india, and also parts of nepal. we'll get rainfall. big rainfall totals coming cooking pakistan and we had such heavy rain that should destroy buildings and people were crushed as a result. we have lots of landslides taking place and flooding. this is certainly one to watch because of a similar event back in 2013 we had 900 people killed and 5,000 pronounced as missing. this could still development

there is one case in uganda or five cases in drc. another one or two case in uganda.i think all of us should feel guilty in a way that sierra leone and liberia and guinea did not have the resources to really identify that -- those cases in the laboratory. i think it speaks to the infrastructure in the laboratories that have been built, have been really critical to the health system. sometimes we ignore the laboratory and we shouldn't because it is absolutely critical. one more gap. long acting prep would be amazing. we have vulnerable young women who may not have the ability to take a pill every day. i see a lot of birth control pills on my counters where there are still pills and they're not all pushed out. it worries me. prep is important and i think a long-acting treatment option. it could be abridged for young women and vulnerable young women. i think good tasting pediatric formulations. i understand is, frankly. -- i don't understand this, frankly. we made dimatap taste good. we have coming vitamins, and we can't figure out how to make the gesture treatments tast

world bank suspended aid to uganda. in libya gunmen killed tripoli's police chief as violence between rival militias derailed attempts at progress. it comes hours after parliament decided to open the next presidential election to the public. lawmakers have been heating in tob ruck for weeks because of fighting in the capital. the government is trying to stop militias from overthrowing and using violence. >> in venezuela and columbia closed their border to crack down on food, gas and other goods. smugglers sneaked the items into columbia. for venezuela, the smuggling creates shortages, we have the story from the venezuela-columbian border. >> this is an important bridge separating columbia from venezuela, it would be crowded with people, car traffic and trucks. this is the first night of the closing of the bridge and the border between columbia and venezuelan. the venezuelan government in particular is trying with these clothing to reduce the smuggling of basic goods and gasoline from venezuela to columbia. that the gove

uganda's parlorpal plans to reintroduce the bill. it's election day eve.rapping up where the president will be decided by popular vote. more from jamal with the frontrunner in konya. >> the old faces of turkey are about to witness something new. for the first time, people will be able to directly choose their own president. there are three candidates running. kurdish lawyer, a young and charismatic politician who is promising to represent the minority communities. polls suggest he stands little chance of winning but his candidacy is some as a brake through for the testament to the peace process that has increased their presence in mainstream politics. and the former head of the corporation of islamic corporati corporation. >> what is at stake is turkey is to belong one more for human rights of democracy this is what is at stake and where people next sunday will vote for. >> he is backed by over a dozen political parties, diverse in nature but united in their opposition to the governing justice and development or ak party and its leader erdowan. the opposit

military adventures, we would bn further -- more advanced over a china today thanl we currently are over ugandae'd already be colonizing the outer planets if we hadn't destroyed all this wcapital.ese and we destroyed it a number of ways, even with these charitable things where we give food to e starving countries. p well, maybe that keeps them from starving for today. even when they do supposedly fa beneficial things look that, it destroys the local market.anent farmers go bankrupt in the locas country and now they are on permanent welfare. so even the so-called good things we do, forget about the overtly bad things, are destructive to the people there and more important, destructivea to the people here. >> it sounds as if this is a moral bankruptcy as well as a capital bankruptcy. are we seeing the american t character changed and deformed by all of this? >> yeah.th that's actually the worst part. it's the morality of this type of thing.ha it's completely corrupted the american character at this point. and this is actually the most fundamental argument against cy, this insane adventurism is th

we can't move money easily from tanzania to kenya from uganda to rwanda.se barriers are as big as ever. >> thanks. you've see seems almost all the world and your now based -- what is your perspective? >> i think in trying to think about this particular discussion come at a think you all touch to a certain extent on some of these topics, what came to my mind, and it was really almost triggered last week i was here in washington. we've been working with the white house on the young african leadership initiative, and i had approach of actually hosting an event for all 500 washington fellows. and so this massive energy, right, the youth of africa just came into the room and transform the room. there was just activity and they were through the expo. i spent about six hours, and my team can attest, i didn't stop talking one-to-one to individuals for six hours because their desire for information, their questions, the initiative that they had was just completely overwhelming. but it's also refreshing and i think it talk to the point of the inclusion of africa, ri

we know what the story is in uganda. they recently changed that law. that was on a technicality. the law against gay rights and that may still become an issue. what about that fact about human rights in civil society. >> well, as you may be able to hear, there's a very robust demonstration going on in front of the white house. there are challenges across the continent of africa in terms of democracy and governance, respect for human rights. in particular as you referenced in uganda and nigeria, respect for human rights in the forms of openness of their society to lgbt rights. but i think the best way that we can advance america's interests, our values interest agenda with africa is to also fully and robustly engage with the economic opportunity in africa. in many countries across this continent, this continent of 54 countries, the alternative to partnering with the united states is the chinese who do not advance human rights, journalism, free and open society and democracy. so i think the president is doing the right thing. i thing leaders of congress are doing the right thing in

if you go to kenya and uganda, they are neighboring.ason they're keeping the out i think it's been talked about by so many people, attitude, religion, research. so we need to be listening to the evidence a little bit more. but 90% or in school, they've only been there for about five years. when you look at the numbers go in school in terms of gender, it's almost equal boys and girls. because we test the chosen ability, that's out of level that they're not any better or worse than boys. but later on you will find that girls go faster than boys in the preteen ages. school inefficiency is affecting our children. because our -- in uganda the school that is supposed to be seven years. children are taking 11 years to complete. the older a girl and schools the more vulnerable. we need to be looking at that. in terms of their successes, let me talk about three of them. the first one, when a mother has primary education and especially secondary education, you see that her daughters and children generally have higher learning outcomes. the eviden

in uganda, walter is only a -- is one of a hands of the of people that survived.in frequented in 2001. he said while he was in hospital he heard met i cans preparing his body bag and telling his family to prepare for his grave. >> it's terrible. ebola gives you a lot of pain all over the body. the whole bods is a painful. [ inaudible ] if you touch you blood would just come out. >> reporter: walter got better but in the recent out break many others have been less coach. it started in new guinea the first case in december last year. then spread to go liberia, sierra leone and recently nigeria. other governments in the region are getting anxious. to the north officials are stepping up border checks and closing their borders to people from the ebola-hit countries. >> translator: teams have been deployed to all operating entry points. they are prepared to deal with any case, god forbid, they are examining all individuals coming in. >> reporter: back in liberia at this roa road junction soldiers guard a checkpoints the government says it can curtail civil rights in its

in south africa, suweto, i held a conference with young people including a video conference from ugandag woman says we are looking to the world for equal business partners and commitments and not necessarily aid. we want to do business at home and be the ones to own our own markets. that's a sentiment we hear over and over again. when i was traveling throughout africa last year, what i heard was the desire for africans not only for aid but for trade and development that actually helps nations grow and empowers africans for the long term. as president i made it clear that the united states is determined to be a partner, in africa's success, a good partner, an equal partner and a partner for long term. simply -- [applause] >> we don't look to africa simply for its natural resources. we recognize africa for its greatest resource which is its potential. [applause] >> we don't simply want to extract minerals from the ground for our growth. we want to build genuine partnerships that create jobs and opportunity for all our peoples. and that unleash the next era of african growth. that's the ki

. >> heads of state from kenya, uganda, and south sudan, how to convince investors to put money into mega infrastructure projects, all at a cost of $24 billion. now currently china is a main funder and the fact that the leaders have been looking more towards the east for partnership is worrying the west. the qc is a big concern. somalia, al qaeda affiliated, and trade, the qc, mutual respect for u.s. is going to feature high on the agenda. >> the meeting with president barack obama is unprecedented. the summit is seeking focus on agriculture, democratic governors electricity supply and others. with countries like nigeria, mali and others, they would like to see the united states secure a more active role. in nigeria, thousands have died because of fighting between security and boko haram. >>> on the african front, more african products. few expect to see the united states handing out f aid to african countries just like the chinese are doing currently in africa. economists say what is needed is not financial aid but a greater share or a fairer share of the american market for earn af

lebanon, may labor, nigeria, north korea, oh, man, south korea, pakistan, sudan, syria, thailand, uganda, united states, vietnam, yemen, zimbabwe. >> the ones that outlaw are western companies who no longer believe in dying. the rising countries you take these islamic countries, all of them. they believe this these types of finality for their enemies. >> one of those countries don't believe in it after due process of law. you have these renegade groups arising. >> you sound like a republican. >> that is not souping republican. that is talking about what reality is out there and they are inflicting these penalties, chopping off hands. we saw that in the last part of the last century as well. >> thanks for clearing that up for me. >>> exit question. is capital punishment like abortion? one of those political divides. and claims of justice on both sides that it will always be contentious. >> it is about religion and morality. >> it is but it has become less contentious. innocent people are being killed our legal system has made mistakes. >> a lot have had their death penalty convictions ove

uganda has a track record that is worth noting. in the year 2000 they had 435 cases during that outbreak. the support we provided allowed the outbreak to be contained. particularly outbreaks in 2008, only 149 cases. that is the last outbreak in the region. the number was only 32. we can deal with this outbreak. we have done it many times. and we know what to do. usaid provides routine funding for the c d.c. to work in geneva and africa to have preparedness planning, response, and indeed that has been the machinery that is put in place here. we support about 22 laboratories in asia and africa where almost 500 new viruses have been detected in just the last five years. so there is a lot at c.d.c. going on all the time. this particular virus, ebola, is familiar to us. and as far as we can tell from a biological-genetic point of view, it is really the same virus. it is not a muteant virus that has taken on new powers. it is the same virus we are familiar with, but it has entered a new reen region, and perhaps that because that was depu

you cannot move many easily from cantonese to kenya or uganda to rwanda. those barriers are as big as ever. >> fernando, usc now most all the world. what is your perspective of all this? >> so i think in trying to think about the discussion and i think you've all touched on a certain extent of what happened. what came to my mind was almost triggered last week here in washington we've been working with the white house on the young africa leadership initiative than i had the privilege of actually hosting an event for all 500 washington fellows. so this massive energy came into the room and transformed us. there should start to the two d. expo. i spent about six hours. i didn't stop talking one-on-one to individuals for six hours because of their desire for information, the question that the initiative they had was just completely overwhelming, but it's also refreshing and i think it speaks to the point of the inclusion of africa, the 55 countries in africa are very, very unique because each one of these individuals. there was managerial from eritrea and you

have to be extremely careful because this could be a cover for russians to install a presence near uganda. >> according to nato, moscow has deployed nearly 20,000 troops to its border. >> a spanish recent who had the ebola virus has now died. the 75-year-old was airlifted home from liberia last week i'm in the first european to succumb to the virus. he had received a dose of the experimental drug to treat him, but it is not clear if he received that treatment. two sick doctors in liberia will get the experimental drug this week. they will be the first to test it. there was anger that only westerners up until now has been offered the medication. shock and sadness after the death of robin williams. the 63-year-old died in his home of a reported suicide. a lightning storm of comic genius is how steven spielberg described the late actor. he will be remembered for many more roles than his zany character in "mork & mindy." eve jackson, i am sure you are pretty much like me. you grew up wit robin williams. really quite a shock. >it is as if we knew him personally. >> exactly. shocked. people had

a woman in uganda didn't know she was sick with ebola, she was in close contact with six people. her baby and father-in-law got sick. the baby got his grandmother sick, and she had contact with two more people as well. the father-in-law had close contact with 12 people out of that his brother and cousin both got sick. the brother then had close contact with four more people, and the cousin had close contact with five more people, including another brother who used his blanket and also got sick. >> if you leave behind even a single burning ember, it's like a forest fire, it flairs back up. >> that's why breaking the chain is essential to stopping the epidemic. >> we do know how to stop ebola. meticulous case finding, isolation, and contact trace management. >> reporter: congressional leaders grilled the doctor specifically about the experimental drug. it had never been used on a human before, just animals. representative bass wanted to know, why did just two americans with ebola receive the serum, with so many africans so sick? >> i would like you to talk about that that there's c

a similar outbreak in uganda was quickly stamped out before it spread into thousands of. constitutional court has overturned a new anti-gay law. the legislation had been branded rebellion by rights groups. the presiding judge told the group the law was no envoy because the process had been unconstitutional. it had been passed in parliament without the necessary quorum of lawmakers. that ruling, in a short while ago. we will bring you more as it comes in the newsroom. underground gas explosions ripped through taiwan's second-largest city. at least 24 killed and 267 injured in the southern city. the blast struck a densely populated area were several petrochemical companies operate pipelines. we have this report from beijing. >> huge explosions in a southern city in taiwan killed 25 people and injured 267. those figures are likely to change. residents have reported huge fireballs leaping into the sky late thursday night. taiwan's premier says at least five explosions rocked the city. nobody knows the cause of the explosions. petrochemical companies had pipelines that went th

you did have stories, particularly in countries like uganda, where you have a tremendously shaky humanation. has that come up at all when people are questioning the administration about their goals in partnering with countries like uganda that are growing but also have that troubling aspect? >> yeah, i understand there was a call today, joy. i don't have the complete readout on it. i was not on this call. but the question was raised at the briefing today about a call with council on foreign relations and questions about human rights and questions about some of the concerns about what needs to be done. i think that this plays all into both the reality and the perception, the very real concerns about human rights abuses there, what influence the united states can have, but also the perception that i think lola talked about, that there's a continent that's teeming with disease and poverty and why would you make that kind of investment. so they're fighting both the reality and the perception. those kind of issues and concerns have definitely been raised at this meeting, this summit, which

. >> well, my dad was making "the african queen" in uganda in the deepest, darkest heart of africa. nobody went on location in those days. everything was done in the studios. so this was an unusual thing for a big studio to allow a film director to take an a-list cast down to africa, to the belgian congo. and i was born a big, healthy bouncing baby girl at the cedars of lebanon hospital in los angeles. the news was cabled to the township of qtiba, where a barefoot runner ran for three days through the jungle, finally arrived at my father's location and handed him a telegram. so my father read the telegram, put it in his pocket, and katie hepburn said, for god's sake, jon, what does it say? and he said, it's a girl, her name is anjelica. >> when you heard that story, how did you process that? your father getting the cable, and -- >> and not saying a word. >> and just sticking it in his pocket. >> it was typical of my father. he is a master of understatement, yeah. and he liked to drive people crazy. and i think probably everyone had been saying, so what's happened? and have you heard

to many sites in the three countries in west africa, which has not been the case in the past, in uganda , zaire or sudan or elsewhere, so it's very hard to control through isolated people who are ill and quarantining people who are exposed for up to 21 days they have to stay in quarantine. >> drdoctor, the two big institutions, the cdc and the nih outside of washington, d.c. have as a primary responsibility looking after people in the united states. when there is a spike like this overseas is there an alarm that goes off stateside? >> you want to be vigilant because with you know a person can get on a plane as that person who went to nigeria , the cdc with the health mechanism that we have here in the united states and globally will stay alert for the possibility that we might get a person here. the question that you just asked my colleagues on the line is that what we have here in the united states would be a system that would make it highly unlikely there would be the kind of explosive spread if we did happen to by accident get someone who flew over here when they were relatively well