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Protests erupt in Kenya over US Ebola quarantine centre in Nanyuki

Anger grows in Kenya as residents accuse the US of offloading Ebola risks onto Kenyans.

Kenya health minister says US Ebola quarantine centre will proceed despite deadly protests

Kenyaโ€™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 Kenyaโ€™s Laikipia Air Base was due to open last week, according to US officials, to quarantine Americans arriving from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is battling a major Ebola outbreak. But it has been temporarily blocked by a court order, and triggered protests on Monday that killed two people, according to a...