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Kenyan killed at protest against US Ebola facility was a teenager, relative says

FILE PHOTO: Riot police officers disperse demonstrators in a protest against a U.S.-backed Ebola quarantine plan to establish a 50-bed facility at a Kenyan air force base intended to host Americans exposed to Ebola, in Nanyuki town, Laikipia County, Kenya, June 9, 2026. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi/File Photo

Kenyan police crack down on protest against US Ebola quarantine facility

Demonstrators take part in a protest on June 9 against a US-backed Ebola quarantine plan to establish a 50-bed facility at a Kenyan air force base intended to host Americans exposed to Ebola.

Kenya police fire tear gas, arrest ex chief justice at national park protest

Former Chief Justice David Maraga is detained by plainclothes police officers alongside environmental activists for participating in a march against the encroachment of Nairobi National Park's land and plans to relocate the Nairobi Animal Orphanage in Nairobi, Kenya, June 8, 2026. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi

Kenyan President Ruto says allowing US to build Ebola facility in the country is the ‘right thing’

An activist protesting against the US Ebola facility under construction in Nairobi, Kenya, on June 2.

US equipment and experts arrive at Kenya Ebola facility despite court orders, protests

US' plan to set up in Kenya an Ebola quarantine facility for Americans has triggered criticism that the US is offloading risk of caring for its own patients.

Protests over US Ebola site in Kenya kill two, court keeps block

Demonstrators participate during a protest against a U.S.-backed Ebola quarantine plan on the establishment of a 50-bed facility at a Kenyan air force base that was intended to host Americans exposed to Ebola, in Nanyuki town, in Laikipia County, Kenya June 1, 2026. REUTERS/John Muchucha

Health officials oppose US plan to treat Ebola-exposed Americans overseas

A demonstrator holds a Kenyan flag during a protest against a U.S.-backed Ebola quarantine plan on the establishment of a 50-bed facility at a Kenyan air force base that was intended to host Americans exposed to Ebola, in Nanyuki town, in Laikipia County, Kenya June 1, 2026. REUTERS/John Muchucha

Hundreds protest against planned US Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya

A demonstrator gestures as they erect a barricade during a protest against a U.S.-backed Ebola quarantine plan on the establishment of a 50-bed facility at a Kenyan air force base that was intended to host Americans exposed to Ebola, in Nanyuki town, in Laikipia County, Kenya June 1, 2026. REUTERS/John Muchucha

Kenya arrests eight students suspected of arson over deadly school fire

Parents take photographs of the ruins of the dormitory following an overnight fire at the Utumishi Girls' Academy Senior School in Gilgil, Nakuru county, Kenya May 28, 2026. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Kenyan high court suspends plan for US Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya

Medical supplies are loaded onto a plane in Kenya bound for the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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