Kenyan police and government officials have disclosed that at least 22 people are missing after a border clash between Ethiopian and Kenyan fishermen.......CONTINUE READING THE ARTICLE FROM THE SOURCE>>>>>
In a statement on Sunday, governor Jeremiah Lomorukai of Kenya’s Turkana county said the fighting happened on Saturday evening at Lopeimukat and Natira near the Omo river along the Kenya-Ethiopia border.
According to Turkana county police, no fewer than 22 Kenyan fishermen were unaccounted for, adding that 15 boats were stolen, while six ethnic Dasenech fishermen from Ethiopia had been rescued and returned to their country.
Writing via X on Sunday, Kenya’s Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen said the government had deployed additional security to the border, stressing that he was engaging with Addis Ababa to broker peace between the two communities.
