Kenya Begins Registering Ethiopian Refugees Fleeing Moyale Clashes - Arrivals Surpass 50,000

Southern front opens in Ethiopia conflict

A new conflict erupted in Ethiopia's south, compounding a nationwide crisis that has seen federal forces capture and occupy the northern Tigrayan capital of Mekelle. Sparked by an internal border dispute, the fighting in the south has forced up to 50,000 to flee across the border into Kenya. The clashes were triggered when a Somali regional flag was raised in Moyale, a town on the Kenyan border that is jointly administered by Somali and Oromia r…

Kenya Begins Registering Ethiopian Refugees Fleeing Moyale Clashes - Arrivals Surpass 50,000

Addis Abeba -- Kenyan authorities, in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS), have begun registering Ethiopian refugees fleeing renewed clashes in the border town of Moyale, as more than 50,000 people have reportedly crossed into Kenya since fighting intensified in late October.

Displaced Ethiopians await registration in Kenya after fleeing clashes

Thousands of displaced Ethiopians were expected to be registered in the Kenyan border city of Moyale on Monday, after they fled tensions between the leaders of Ethiopia's Oromia and Somali regions.

Fighting forces at least 50,000 Ethiopians to flee into Kenya

Clashes are taking place near Moyale moy-a-lay between Oromo and Somali regional states. At least 50,000 Ethiopians caught in the[...]

'Fighting won't stop': Ethiopia clashes drive thousands into Kenya

Deadly clashes between armed forces in southern Ethiopia have driven tens of thousands into neighbouring Kenya with no idea when they can safely return home. Ethiopia, Africa’s second most populous country with around 130 million people, is grappling with multiple armed conflicts, particularly along borders between its states. Two communities in the south of the...