CBRN event in Kenya on Wed 3rd June 2026

NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) - Protests over a fiercely contested Ebola quarantine center for U.S. nationals in Kenya have killed one man, a rights group said Tuesday, as President William Ruto defended the planned center. The U.S.-built facility at Kenya's Laikipia Air Base was due to open last week, according to U.S. officials, to quarantine Americans arriving from Congo, which is battling a major Ebola outbreak. The center - about 125 miles from the capital Nairobi - was set to have 50 isolation beds and be managed by U.S. medical staff. Washington plans to commit $13.5 million towards Kenya's Ebola preparedness efforts, the U.S. State Department said last week. Violent protests broke out near the facility on Monday amid anger at the United States using Kenyan soil and bringing Ebola patients to the country. They were met with tear gas from police.