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Leticia Batista Cabanas

Kenya orders immediate halt to controversial US-backed Ebola facility

Kenya has halted construction of a controversial US-backed Ebola isolation facility after the country's High Court found Health Minister Aden Duale in contempt of court.

On Tuesday, Duale told the court that he had ordered "the immediate and complete cessation" of construction and related activities at the site pending the outcome of a legal challenge. The move marks a big reversal after weeks of political and public pressure over the project.

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