Focus on Africa - Ebola: Kenya denies hosting US aid workers
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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
Producers: Bella Twine, Keikantse Shumba, and Blessing Aderogba
Senior Producers: Caroline Mwangi and Charles Gitonga
Technical Producer: Maxwell Onyango
Editors: Rhoda Odhiambo and Maryam Abdalla
Published on Tuesday, 21st July 2026.
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