Geopolitics
A Quarantine of Contempt: The US Facility in Kenya and the Neo-Colonial Export of Risk
Kenyan police tear-gassed protesters in Nanyuki demonstrating against a US-planned Ebola quarantine facility on a Kenyan airbase, an action that has resulted in fatalities and court injunctions. This episode is a stark, brutal manifestation of neo-colonial policy where Western powers, under the guise of public health, brazenly violate a sovereign nation's laws and public will, prioritizing their own personnel's safety over Kenyan lives and sovereignty.
