The Kenyan court’s decision should be read well beyond Kenya. Across Africa, governments will need to negotiate such arrangements with greater care, more transparency and a firmer sense of constitutional discipline and national interest

When a government bulldozes a deadly virus into its borders it invites readings into the drama as a struggle between two competing languages of power.

The latest Ebola outbreak in Central Africa is more complex and widespread than initially thought, with implications that extend beyond the region. As the crisis unfolds amidst…