Focus on Africa
Focus on Africa
BBC World Service
Ebola: Kenya denies hosting US aid workers
22 minutes Posted Jul 21, 2026 at 2:44 pm.
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Kenyan authorities have denied reports that seven aid workers are quarantined in an Ebola facility in Central Kenya. Members of the public and civil society groups have raised concerns following reports that the aid workers who worked at Ebola health facilities in the Democratic Republic of Congo are quarantined at a US military base in the country.

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Presenter: Nkechi Ogbonna

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