Kenya

Construction of US-backed Ebola facility in Kenya halted, minister says

A satellite image shows tents erected at the US-backed Ebola quarantine facility at Laikipia Air Base in Laikipia County, Kenya on June 22, 2026.

Ruto invites Arsenal after Kenyan fans celebrate title win

Kenya's President William Ruto attends an interview with Reuters on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, June 17, 2026. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Taiwan says its delegates have been barred from ocean conference in Kenya

Taiwan Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung makes a speech at a press conference for foreign media in Taipei, Taiwan, July 19, 2024. REUTERS/Ann Wang

G7 leaders pledge to enhance efforts to address global debt vulnerabilities

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung, Kenya's President William Ruto and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, interact after posing for a family photo during the G7 summit, in Evian-les-Bains, France, June 16, 2026. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes/Pool

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

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