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Kenya Detains Seven U.S. Aid Workers; Two Protesters Killed

7/21/2026

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Seven American aid workers are detained in a U.S.-backed Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya despite a court order.
Kenyan authorities keep operating the center at Laikipia Air Base while the suspension order remains.
President William Ruto defended the site as a U.S. partnership and said 24 preparedness sites will be funded.
Two demonstrators died in Nanyuki, prompting Law Society of Kenya to warn that violating the court order breeds impunity.

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Seven American aid workers are detained in a U.S.-backed Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya despite a court order.
Kenyan authorities keep operating the center at Laikipia Air Base while the suspension order remains.
President William Ruto defended the site as a U.S. partnership and said 24 preparedness sites will be funded.
Two demonstrators died in Nanyuki, prompting Law Society of Kenya to warn that violating the court order breeds impunity.