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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rachel Savage and agencies

Kenyan minister orders halt to construction of US Ebola facility

Armed officers crouch in a street filled with teargas smoke amid scattered debris
Riot police fire on demonstrators on 9 June during deadly protests against the Ebola quarantine centre at Laikipia air base, in Nanyuki. Photograph: Daniel Irungu/EPA

Kenya’s health minister told a court he had ordered preparations for a US-run Ebola quarantine facility to stop, after being held in contempt for ignoring a previous order to end work.

Many Kenyans strongly oppose the facility, with deadly protests erupting since the complex was announced in May for US citizens evacuated from the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is grappling with a widespread Ebola outbreak.

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