President William Ruto has defended a US-backed Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya as protests, court challenges and public concerns grow amid the regional Ebola outbreak

Growing public outrage over the planned US isolation facility stand in the way of a project.

Residents of Nanyuki, a town in Kenya's Laikipia County, in their hundreds stormed the streets on Monday in a mass protest against plans by the United States to establish an Ebola…

The Ruto administration is forging ahead with plans to establish a US Ebola quarantine and treatment centre in Laikipia County against a court order and the wishes of the majority…

Hundreds of youths marched to Kenya’s Laikipia Air Base on Monday to protest against plans to establish an Ebola quarantine centre for American citizens exposed to the virus.

Health Minister Aden Duale has said the quarantine centre was for ‘everyone’ and not exclusively for US nationals.

Hundreds protest near the site of the planned facility, which would serve US nationals exposed to the virus.

Kenyan President's remarks mark the first time he openly confirmed Trump's request for the Ebola quarantine facility

He says it boosts global health security and pandemic response.

“We are a responsible government. We know what we are doing. People should relax,” he said.

Hundreds of people took to the streets in the central Kenyan town of Nanyuki on Monday to protest moves by the United States to set up an Ebola quarantine facility at a military…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s president on Monday defended the establishment of an Ebola quarantine facility by the U.S., a move that led to protests despite a court order blocking

President William Ruto has defended a US-backed Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya as protests, court challenges and public concerns grow amid the regional Ebola outbreak

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Kenyan President William Ruto defended a US-backed Ebola quarantine facility at a military base after two people were killed during protests.

Kenya's president on Tuesday defended the opening of an Ebola quarantine centre for US nationals after a court halted the plan and security forces teargassed protesters fearing…

A Kenyan court blocked the proposed US Ebola quarantine centre for another three weeks.

A Kenyan court blocked on Tuesday for another three weeks a proposed US Ebola quarantine facility and ordered the government to disclose the details of its agreement with…