NewsTracker Answers for week of June 15, 2026

Q: U.S. troops building a facility in Kenya to quarantine Americans exposed to the deadly Ebola virus sparked violent protests in the East African nation. The Trump Administration has barred entry to anyone, including U.S. citizens, exposed to the Ebola outbreak in Africa. Where is Kenya?

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Q: Which European nation successfully treated a U.S. missionary surgeon who was infected with Ebola while treating patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the center of the current epidemic in Central Africa?

A. Britain

B. France

C. Germany

D. Portugal


C. Dr. Peter Stafford was released from a Berlin hospital isolation unit nearly two weeks ago. He was infected while operating on a patient just days before the Ebola outbreak was confirmed. His wife, also a doctor, and their young children were monitored in Germany while Stafford was being treated there.


Q: After the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak, U.S. health officials established 56 high-level hospital isolation units with advanced engineering controls, trained staff, and stringent protocols to safely treat patients with highly infectious diseases. Where did the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak occur?

A. North Africa

B. West Africa

C. Central Asia

D. South Asia


B. The Ebola epidemic in the West African nations of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone was the world’s largest, with 28,610 reported cases of Ebola and 11,308 reported deaths. Some health officials fear the current outbreak could be worse. It is believed that Ebola viruses are hosted in bats that live south of Africa’s Sahara Desert.


Q: Protesters have said they don’t want Kenya to be “a dumping ground” for U.S. Ebola patients. What U.S. export has caused health problems in Africa?

A. Electronic waste

B. Plastic waste

C. Used clothing

D. All of the above


D. The United States and many other rich industrialized nations have sent millions of tons of unwanted material to much poorer African countries, ostensibly for recycling or reuse. Still, most material is dumped, polluting soil, water, and air. Crude recycling methods release toxins that poison workers, including children.


Q: Kenyan protesters also accused their government of corruption in bowing to U.S. plans for the Ebola facility. Kenya ranked low on the 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index, and Kenya’s neighbors, Somalia and South Sudan, were listed as the most corrupt of 182 nations. Which nation scored as the world’s least corrupt?

A. Denmark

B. Finland

C. Singapore

D. United States


A. The collection of surveys of business and other observers found that Denmark was perceived as having the least public sector corruption, followed by Finland and Singapore. The United States and Bahamas were tied at 29th, while Kenya, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Mauritania, and Peru all ranked down at 130.