Nairobi, June 2, 2026 (AFP) - Kenyan president defends Ebola facility after criticism

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2026-06-02

Kenya's president defended on Tuesday the opening of an Ebola quarantine centre for US nationals, after a court temporarily blocked the proposal and security forces teargassed protesters. The facility was due to open in the east Africa nation last week according to US officials, to quarantine Americans arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which is battling a major Ebola outbreak. The US-built centre at Laikipia Air Base -- about......

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