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Kenyan police crack down on protest against US Ebola quarantine facility
Police detained protesters and fired tear gas as rights groups said two people died in unrest over a 50-bed U.S.-funded quarantine unit.
- Last week, protesters in Nairobi and other Kenyan cities vented anger at plans for a US-funded isolation ward for Americans exposed to Ebola, fearing the disease could enter a country that has never recorded a case.
- Despite a court order halting construction, the Kenyan government continues to back the project after signing a $1.6 billion health deal with the US; President William Ruto defended it as "very inhuman" to reject American aid.
- Rigathi Gachagua, Ruto's former deputy, told CNN the plan revealed "double standards" on the part of the US, calling the deal "totally insensitive" and placing US interests above Kenyan concerns.
- The controversy reflects a wider trend as countries like Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Ghana push back against US aid agreements, citing concerns over "preferential treatment of US companies" and data-sharing requirements.
- These disputes arise as President Donald Trump replaces traditional aid with his "America First Global Health Strategy," while Simon Mulongo, a former African Union special envoy, argues African states are no longer willing to sign away strategic assets.
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Kristeligt DagbladThe United States will build an Ebola quarantine center in Kenya for citizens arriving from Ebola-stricken DR Congo.
·Denmark
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The city of Nanyuki, in central Kenya, is experiencing a turbulent 9 June, between arrests and tear gas fire: hundreds of people are again demonstrating against a quarantine centre for Americans at risk of Ebola haemorrhagic fever contamination.
·Paris, France
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In the Kenyan Nanyuki people have been protesting for days against an Ebola quarantine center for American people. They fear that the virus could come into the country like this.
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