Moyale Border Crossing Closed as Security Risks Escalate Near Kenya-Ethiopia Frontier
The aid agency is setting up temporary shelter and distributing food as police say hundreds crossed through several Moyale entry points.
- On Thursday, hundreds of Ethiopians fled into Kenya as gunfire and chaotic scenes erupted in the border town of Moyale, police said. Crossings began Wednesday, with women and children comprising most arrivals.
- The influx follows fighting in Moyale, where tensions between leaders of Ethiopia's Oromia and Somali regional states escalated. Gunfire continued on the Ethiopian side of the border into Thursday, according to security briefs.
- "We have hundreds of people from Ethiopia, mainly children and women," said Marsabit commissioner Stanley Kamande. Many arrivals are staying with relatives and well-wishers in several Kenyan villages.
- Kenya Red Cross official Ibrae John said the organization is assessing displacement needs. "No camp is ready to host those displaced but we shall most definitely work on it," John stated.
- Distinct from the northern Tigray conflict, local violence on Thursday shattered windows at the La-Tahsan Hotel and struck a police officer at Moyale's football ground. The settlement straddles the frontier.
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Gunfire and chaotic scenes in Kenyan border town as hundreds flee Ethiopia
A police officer and a 31-year-old woman were hit by stray bullets in the northern Kenyan border town of Moyale as hundreds of Ethiopians fled into Kenya, police said.
Isiolo. Hundreds of Ethiopians fled to Kenya following clashes in the border town of Moyale, reported Thursday by the Kenyan Red Cross and local government officials. Clashes erupted last Wednesday and, according to residents, a day later shots were still being heard in some areas of the town on the side [...] The post Hundreds of Ethiopians flee to Kenya after clashes in a border town appeared first on Entre Lineas - Chihuahua News.
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