Police dispersed demonstrators in Nanyuki, 120 miles from Nairobi, amid rising anger at US plans

Kenyan police have shot dead a man during a protest against a proposed Ebola quarantine facility for US citizens.

Patrick Wahome, who has organised protests in Nanyuki against the centre, told Reuters on Tuesday the man died from a gunshot wound to the head. Reporters from the agency saw his body lying motionless in a police van with a large head wound.

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© Photograph: Luis Tato/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Luis Tato/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Luis Tato/AFP/Getty Images

On one of the main roads out of Dahieh, the name given to the Beirut suburbs now at the heart of Middle East geopolitics, a row of streetlights bearing the same photograph of Iran’s penultimate supreme leader, the late Ali Khamenei, seem to bid farewell to those leaving the area. A few meters further on, as the city of Beirut begins, the iconography that floods Dahieh with the faces of Iranian and Hezbollah leaders — its Lebanese allies — vanishes, as does, to a large extent, the threat of Israeli strikes.

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Projeto da Eurest Portugal, dinamizado por Justa Nobre, percorre escolas de todo o país para promover hábitos alimentares saudáveis, educação alimentar e a valorização da gastronomia portuguesa junto de crianças e jovens O projeto “A Chef vai à Escola” já impactou mais de 10 mil alunos em escolas de norte a sul do país durante […]