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Protest outside Kenya’s planned US Ebola quarantine centre
In Pictures Protest outside Kenya’s planned US Ebola quarantine centre Hundreds rally against plan to send US nationals exposed to the virus to Laikipia Air Base. Hundreds of young people in the town of Nanyuki in central Kenya have rallied against plans to set up an Ebola quarantine centre for United States citizens exposed to the virus at Laikipia Air Base nearby. The protests on Monday came two days after Kenya’s High Court suspended the establishment of the facility and the arrival of...
Kenya health minister says US Ebola quarantine centre will proceed
Kenya health minister says US Ebola quarantine centre will proceed Kenyans are angry their land is being used by a foreign power in a way that has colonial undertones, and over the risk of Ebola spreading Kenya’s health minister said on Wednesday that the US-funded quarantine centre would proceed, days after deadly protests erupted over the project. The US-built facility at Kenya’s Laikipia Air Base was due to open last week, according to US officials, to quarantine Americans arriving from...
U.S. plan to open Ebola quarantine center in Kenya faces growing backlash and protests
Plans for Americans exposed to Ebola to be quarantined abroad faced mounting backlash Tuesday, with Kenya’s president defending a proposed 50-bed facility in the country after violent protests. A Kenyan court extended its block on the establishment of the center at the Laikipia air base, while U.S. health experts and former officials said in an open letter to Congress that the plan to treat exposed Americans abroad raised “profound clinical, ethical, operational, and legal concerns.” The...
Kenya protesters oppose Ebola quarantine centre
Hundreds of young people gathered outside Laikipia Air Base in Nanyuki on Monday to protest against plans to establish an Ebola quarantine centre in Kenya for people exposed to the virus abroad. Demonstrators marched to the base gates, chanting slogans and voicing concerns about the country's ability to manage potential outbreaks. The protests came days after Kenya's High Court suspended the project and blocked the arrival of any foreign patients while a legal challenge is considered.
Deadly clashes in Kenya as protesters fight US Ebola quarantine facility
Kenya saw fresh unrest on 9 June as protesters defied a court order and clashed with police near Laikipia Air Base over plans for a US funded Ebola quarantine facility, fuelling fears about the virus and prompting arrests.
Two people shot dead in Kenya protests against Ebola plan
Kenyan police shot and killed two people who were protesting a US-backed plan to establish an Ebola quarantine facility in central Kenya. The victims were among the hundreds of protesters who had gathered near the Laikipia Air Base in Nanyuki, Kenya, where the government plans to build a 50-bed quarantine facility to temporarily house and monitor people exposed to Ebola. The plan comes from a bilateral agreement between Kenyan President William Ruto and the administration of US President...
Kenya police fire tear gas at protest against US Ebola center
Kenya police fire tear gas at protest over US Ebola center June 9, 2026Kenyan police fired tear gas early Tuesday to break up a protest against a planned Ebola quarantine center for US citizens in the central town of Nanyuki. Small groups of demonstrators gathered near the site of the proposed 50-bed facility at Laikipia Air Base. Some of them wore protective medical uniforms, waved Kenyan flags and carried a coffin with "Ebola" written on it.
Man shot during protest against proposed US Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya
Police use teargas to disperse demonstrators in Nanyuki, 120 miles from Nairobi, amid rising anger at US plansA man has been shot in the head during a protest in a town in central Kenya against a proposed Ebola quarantine facility for US citizens. Photographs from the scene appeared to show a person lying motionless on the ground. Dozens of people had gathered near Laikipia airbase, the proposed site of the centre in Nanyuki, 120 miles from the capital, Nairobi, some wearing protective...
Young Kenyans protest Ebola quarantine centre for US citizens
Hundreds of youths in Kenya’s central town of Nanyuki on Monday showed against the establishment at the Laikipia Air Base of an Ebola quarantine centre for American citizens exposed to the virus. The protests come two days after Kenya’s High Court suspended the establishment of the facility and the arrival of any foreign patients pending the hearing of a case filed by the Law Society of Kenya and a constitutional watchdog. The two organisations cited Kenya’s fragile health system as the...
Kenya to Press Ahead With US Ebola Center, Health Secretary Says
Protesters demonstrate close to Kenyan soldiers near Laikipia Air Base in Nanyuki, Kenya, on June 1.