Protests over US Ebola centre in Kenya kill 2, court keeps block on site

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A Kenyan court has extended the block on a proposed US Ebola quarantine facility at a Kenyan air force base after protests that led to two deaths. The court also mandated the government to disclose details of its agreement with the US, amid local concerns about health risks from caring for Ebola patients.

A Kenyan court blocked on Tuesday for another three weeks a proposed US Ebola quarantine facility that has triggered protests killing two people and ordered the government to disclose its agreement with Washington. The proposed 50-bed unit on an air force base in central Kenya for Americans exposed to the virus in Democratic Republic of Congo or Uganda ‌has angered many Kenyans. They accuse the US of offloading the health risk of caring for patients. A Kenyan court last week temporarily...