Gunfire heard across Ethiopia border as growing numbers flee into Kenya
Thousands of people are fleeing Ethiopia into Kenya due to escalating violence and territorial disputes between regional administrations. Humanitarian organizations are struggling to provide aid to the growing number of refugees in the border town of Moyale.
Why it matters
The displacement of 36,000 people highlights a significant humanitarian crisis and regional instability in the Horn of Africa.
Gunfire could be heard from the Ethiopian side of the border in Kenya’s town of Moyale on Friday morning, as people continued to flee violence into Kenya. An Associated Press journalist recorded the gunfire while filming from the Kenyan side of the border on Oct. 30.
The United Nations said Tuesday that 36,000 people had crossed into Kenya, as fighting near the border town of Moyale continues to displace civilians, mostly women and children. "More and more people are fleeing from their country and coming to our town," Benedict Munywoki, deputy county commissioner for Moyale Sub-County, told the AP.
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