Tag Archives: Moyale

Ethiopia arrests four Al-Qaeda allied suspects

March 17, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

(ADDIS ABABA) – Ethiopian security forces have arrested four members of the Al-Qaeda allied Somalian Islamist extremist group, al-Shabaab. According to the National Security and Intelligence Agency, the militants were arrested on Friday in Moyale town near the border with … read more »

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Ethiopia: Militia Attacks Villages In Eastern Oromia

January 18, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

It has been reported that the Ethiopian-Somali regional state militia known as ‘Liyu Police’ has attacked the town of Qumbi in Eastern Oromia killing many and displacing the population. For the past month the Liyu Police have been attacking, harassing … read more »

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Kenya’s Nigerian Future

January 11, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Ben Rawlence ‘Never again!’ blared Kenya’s radio stations in the heady days of 2008, when the blood of the victims of the post-election violence was fresh on the streets and politicians scrambled to negotiate the coalition agreement. One of … read more »

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Borana’s Ethiopian king fails to endorse aspirants

December 20, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Ali Abdi The Borana traditional king who reigns in Ethiopia has spoken again on the community’s politics in Marsabit County. The Abba Gadha, Guyo Gobba met delegates representing Moyale MP Mohamud Ali and his rival Chachu Tadicha, an NGO … read more »

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Ethiopia burns as TPLF warlords jostle for positions

July 31, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

-More than 20 slaughtered in and around the segregated town of Moyale. By Getahune Bekele When the Horn Times reporter Safia Hajji Liben Hajji Roba arrived in northern Kenyan town of Moyale on July 30, 2012, the stench of death … read more »

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Over 30,000 Ethiopian Escape to Kenya from Ethnic Clashes

July 30, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

The Kenyan Red Cross says more than 30,000 refugees have entered the country from Ethiopia in the past few days to escape fighting in their own country, though the ethnic battles now seem to have been contained and the exodus … read more »

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Over 20,000 flee Ethiopian clashes

July 29, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Ethnic clashes in southern Ethiopia are reported to have left at least 18 people dead and 12 others injured. More than 20,000 people have crossed into Kenya to escape the fighting, the Kenyan Red Cross says. A spokesman told the … read more »

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18 die in ethnic clashes in Ethiopia

July 29, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Dakar – Ethnic clashes in southern Ethiopia over land rights have left 18 people killed and caused thousands to flee across the nearby border to Kenya, the Kenyan Red Cross said on Saturday. Members of the Borana and Garri ethnic … read more »

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Over 21 people die in Kenyan tribal clashes

January 27, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Isiolo -Tribal militias in northern Kenya clashed over grazing rights for a second day on Friday, killing at least 21 people and torching houses, residents said. Corpses lay strewn in scrubland outside three villages near the town of Moyale, the … read more »

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6 killed in Kenya tribal clash

January 5, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Nairobi – At six people, including three children, were killed in a tribal clash in northeast Kenya near the Ethiopian border, officials said on Wednesday. The region is regularly plagued by violence between nomadic groups who compete for scarce economic … read more »

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Ethiopia: Women, Sexual Norms, Punishments and Current Realities in Borana Society: The Case of Hawo Godana

June 6, 2011 by benim

I need to inform the readers of this article that I decided to write this article following an incident which happened on May 14, 2011. The very ugly story that came out of Moyale was about to culminate in a … read more »

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Kenya grapples with influx of immigrants

May 1, 2011 by benim

For the past one year, security forces in Northern Kenya have grappled with illegal Ethiopian and Somali immigrants entering the country. The Ethiopians, who are the majority, use the country as a transit route in search of greener pastures in … read more »

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Ethiopia battles two rebels across two borders

February 27, 2011 by benim

The Ethiopian army is fighting two rebels in two different borders as it tries to secure its border towns. Ethiopian troops supporting Somalia’s weak transitional forces have been battling al-Shabab insurgents for the past week in the town of Beled-hawo, … read more »

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Kenya: Oromo Liberation Front: Who is Fooling Who?

December 8, 2010 by benim

By Kasembeli Albert In the recent past, the rendition of Oromo refugees has been in the news. Kenyan authorities have been accused of illegal rendition of Oromo refugees to Ethiopia   under the pretext of cracking down on the Oromo Liberation … read more »

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Kenyan forces kill five Ethiopian OLF rebels

December 4, 2010 by benim

Kenyan forces have killed at least five Ethiopian fighters from the Oromo Liberation Front in an operation to flush the rebels out of the country’s north, a local official and residents said on Saturday. OLF rebels have made repeated raids … read more »

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Oromo rebels kill 53 Ethiopia Govt troops

November 25, 2010 by benim

A report OLF News received from Oromia revealed that the heroic Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) freedom fighters operating in Hararge zone (Eastern Oromia) and Bale zone (Southern Oromia) have killed 53 invading TPLF led government troops and wounded more than … read more »

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Ethiopia, Kenyan forces joined in offense against Oromo rebels

November 7, 2010 by benim

Ethiopian and Kenyan security forces launched a joint military attack against Ethiopia’s Oromo rebels based inside Kenya near the east African countries joint border, according to reports by the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation. The joint operation carried out against the Oromo … read more »

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