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West Africa: Pressure to Lift Flight Ban
The Star, 18 September 2014
THE government may soon lift the ban on flights to West Africa once it affirms the move will not jeopardise the health of Kenyans. Read more »
Kenya Pressured to Lift Ebola Travel Ban
International pressure is mounting for the government to resume flights to Ebola hit countries. The health cabinet secretary has said that they are assessing the risks with regard to requirements of the World Health Organisation before making a final decision.
The burial team carries the body of a suspected Ebola victim under the watchful eyes of police officers in Liberia.
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Kenya: Kenya Implored to Ease Ebola Nations Ban
Capital FM, 17 September 2014
International pressure is mounting on Kenya to resume flights to West Africa with the World Health Organisation (WHO), the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and the… Read more »
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Kenya: Flight Bans From Ebola-Hit Countries Will Stay in Effect, Kenya Tells AU
Sabahi, 17 September 2014
The Kenyan government has declined to comply with a request from the African Union to resume flights to and from Ebola-effected countries of Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea,… Read more »
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West Africa: Kenya Tells AU Flights Ban to Ebola Nations Stays
Capital FM, 16 September 2014
Principal Secretary for Health Khalifa Kasachoon on Tuesday said Kenya would not accede to the African Union request that it lifts its temporary suspension of flights to and from… Read more »
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West Africa: Why Ebola Travel Bans Are Misguided
Fahamu, 11 September 2014
It is clear that official African solidarity ends at the doorstep of self-interest. The paranoid policies of countries that have imposed travel bans to the countries hit by the… Read more »
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West Africa: Airlines Cut West Africa Flights, Delay Ebola Aid
VOA, 12 September 2014
The Ebola crisis in West Africa has closed borders and international airlines have cut flights to the area, but some say the measures aimed at controlling the outbreak also are… Read more »
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Liberia: Kenya to Allow Stranded Liberian Students Entry
New Republic, 11 September 2014
The government of Kenya has expressed profound apologies and regrets for denying several Liberian students entry into the country to continue their academic studies. Kenya's… Read more »
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Liberia: Kenya Airways to Resume Flight Soon
New Dawn, 11 September 2014
Kenyan Foreign Minister Amina C. Mohamed told Liberian Foreign Minister Augustine Ngafuan on the sideline of the just ended Extraordinary Session of the Executive Council of the… Read more »
InFocus
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The African Union has called on member states to lift travel bans imposed on countries affected by the Ebola outbreak. Read more »
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President Uhuru Kenyatta has said that the government will donate millions of shillings to Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia to help in the fight against Ebola. Read more »
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The U.S. based Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has warned that Kenya is one of the countries that could be hit by the deadly Ebola virus. Read more »
