U.S EQUIPMENT, EXPERTS ARRIVE AT KENYA EBOLA FACILITY DESPITE COURT ORDER, PROTESTS. (PHOTO).

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 U.S equipment, experts arrive at Kenya Ebola facility despite court order, protests Around 20 flights carrying medical equipment and specialist staff have landed at a base in Kenya where the U.S. ​government is continuing to build an Ebola quarantine facility despite protests and Kenyan court orders blocking it, according to flight data and officials. At least two ‌people have been killed in protests in the central Kenyan town of Nanyuki, home to the Kenyan air force base where the U.S. military is building a 50-bed unit for Americans who might be exposed to the virus, which has infected hundreds in Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. A Kenyan court first ordered work on the Ebola facility to be suspended on May ​28, yet U.S. military flights into Nanyuki continued in the days that followed, according to data from flight-tracking service Flightradar24. The planes have brought in technical ​equipment as well as dozens of physicians, engineers, lab experts and construction work...

BENIN'S WADAGNI TAKES OFFICE, VOWS BETTER LIVING STANDARDS, SECURITY. (PHOTO).


 Benin's Wadagni takes office, vows better living standards, security


Benin's new president, Romuald Wadagni, vowed at his inauguration on Sunday to confront rising security threats and to ensure economic growth translated ​into concrete improvements in people's lives.


Wadagni was elected on April ‌12 with more than 94% of the vote against challenger Paul Hounkpe, according to results confirmed on Sunday by the Constitutional Court, Reuters reported.


He succeeds Patrice Talon, who had led the West African nation since 2016 and stepped down after two terms, in line with constitutional limits.


The 49-year-old former finance minister, who served ⁠in the role for a decade, is expected to continue Talon’s reform agenda, which helped deliver steady economic growth and improve Benin’s business climate.


Wadagni also acknowledged mounting security challenges, as jihadist groups spilling over from the Sahel have stepped up attacks in northern Benin in recent years.


“Benin will not yield to fear or complacency,” he ​said, pledging closer ​cooperation with neighbouring ⁠countries facing the same threat.


Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali, the Sahel states at the centre of that threat, were ​among several countries represented at the ceremony.

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