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Man shot during protest against proposed US Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya
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Kenyans protest planned US Ebola quarantine facility
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Experts criticise plan for American-only Ebola quarantine centre in Kenya
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Kenya health minister says US Ebola quarantine centre will proceed
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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...