Africa, America and the world — in conversation.
East Africa
Health
The CDC says overland travel from Congo, where the Bundibugyo outbreak “continues to spread,” keeps Uganda on the list even though Kampala declared its own outbreak over in July. Kenya, which recorded its first case and death this month, is not included.
Diplomacy
The State Department says a conflict between the Horn of Africa neighbors “jeopardizes ongoing U.S. collaboration on shared interests” with both, and envoy Massad Boulos urged them to respect each other’s sovereignty. Within four days, Eritrea severed relations, Ethiopia’s army retook Tigray’s capital, and Egypt, Eritrea, Sudan and Somalia declared Red Sea governance their exclusive business.
U.S.–Africa
A 125-page report documents third-country deportations to Eswatini, South Sudan, Ghana, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and other states, with deportees shackled for up to 18 hours, detained without clear legal basis and in some cases sent on toward the persecution U.S. courts had shielded them from. The Supreme Court hears the policy in December.
South Sudan (2)Kenya (1)Uganda (1)Egypt (1)Eritrea (1)Ethiopia (1)Somalia (1)Cameroon (1)
ComorosDjiboutiEritreaEthiopiaKenyaMadagascarMauritiusRwandaSeychellesSomaliaSouth SudanTanzaniaUganda
Leaders: UN Protocol list of heads of state and government (19 Sept. 2026), updated for later official appointments. U.S. diplomats: each U.S. embassy’s official website. Photos: licensed (public domain or Creative Commons) with credit.
