The Gulu outbreak began in mid-September in a suburb of the regional capital, which is 360km (225 miles) north of Uganda's capital, Kampala.

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The deal was signed in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa by envoys of several African nations, including Uganda and Rwanda.

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One delegate, for example, told the conference of a wetland south of Kampala, Uganda's capital, that works as the city's sewerage system.

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In one of those bars, at the central Speke Hotel in Kampala, Uganda's capital, he learned how to brew coffee.

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