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Kenya protests turn violent over Ebola site for US citizens

Published 10 June 2026 · health

Violence has broken out in Kenya as protesters clash with police over an Ebola quarantine center being built for US citizens. Demonstrators in the town

Violence has broken out in Kenya as protesters clash with police over an Ebola quarantine center being built for US citizens. Demonstrators in the town of Nanyuki set fires and threw rocks, while police responded with tear gas and water cannons.

At least one person has been killed. Kenya has never recorded a case of Ebola, and many fear the facility could bring the deadly virus

into the country. 00:00 Deadly protests in Kenya over US Ebola facility 02:43 Felix Maringa, DW Correspondent 06:45 Simon Clarke, Biomedical scientist For more news

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