Families fleeing Ethiopia face food and shelter shortages in Kenya
Kenya Red Cross estimates that more than 50,000 people have been displaced by fighting around Moyale, including families staying with relatives and other hosts.
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Kenya Red Cross estimates that more than 50,000 people have been displaced by fighting around Moyale, including families staying with relatives and other hosts.
Families fleeing fighting around Ethiopia’s Moyale area are struggling to find food, shelter and basic necessities after crossing into Kenya. Kenyan households that have taken people in are also sharing scarce supplies, Al Jazeera reported.
The fighting follows a long-standing dispute over land and administrative control between Ethiopia’s Oromia and Somali regional administrations around Moyale.
Kenya Red Cross regional head Malik Adan estimated that more than 50,000 people had been displaced. His estimate includes people in temporary settlements and those staying with relatives and host families. The overall displacement total has not been independently established, and no final total has been confirmed.
During a November 5 visit to Moyale, Kenya’s police chief Douglas Kanja said about 10,000 people were staying in temporary shelters and public institutions. That count excludes those staying with hosts and is not directly comparable with the broader Red Cross estimate.
Fatima Mohammed Cole, the UN refugee agency’s representative in Kenya, said displaced families were spread across several locations, including 6 sites hosting Ethiopians. Many arrivals were women and children, she said, and families needed shelter, food and healthcare. Crowded conditions raised concerns about disease.
Abdi Maalim, a member of the Moyale Cross-Border Peace Committee, said residents had stretched their resources to accommodate arrivals. Some Kenyan families had also moved farther inland after bullets and heavy weapons landed close to their homes, he said.
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Separately, the Ethiopian Red Cross Society said it had provided emergency shelter and household items to 1,000 displaced households in Moyale town and surrounding areas inside Ethiopia. Distribution was under way.
Kanja said a Kenyan had died after being hit by a stray bullet. A police report also indicated that an Ethiopian man had died from gunshot wounds sustained in Kenya.
Kanja said additional police officers would be deployed along the border and that Kenya was engaging Ethiopia’s federal government to help end the conflict. Cole said gunfire was still being heard in Moyale and called for a ceasefire so families could return home.
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