{"id":1066,"date":"2026-10-28T12:27:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T12:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=1066"},"modified":"2026-10-28T12:27:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T12:27:27","slug":"thousands-flee-violence-in-ethiopia-seeking-safety-in-kenya-by-cyrus-munyao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=1066","title":{"rendered":"Thousands Flee Violence in Ethiopia, Seeking Safety in Kenya by Cyrus Munyao"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>More Than 36,000 People Cross Into Kenya as Ethiopia&#8217;s Regional Violence Displaces Families<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than 36,000 people have fled violence in Ethiopia and crossed into Kenya, according to reporting by the Associated Press on 27 October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The displacement is linked to fighting near the border town of Moyale, involving a territorial dispute between Ethiopia&#8217;s Oromia and Somali regional administrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo: Courtesy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/moyale.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/moyale.jpg 599w, https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/moyale-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many of those arriving in Kenya are women and children. They are receiving assistance in camps and host communities, where humanitarian organisations are providing food, healthcare and essential household supplies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the growing number of displaced people is placing additional pressure on communities already facing shortages of food and water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kenyan leaders have called for increased humanitarian assistance as concerns grow over the potential for the violence to spill across the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More Than 36,000 People Cross Into Kenya as Ethiopia&#8217;s Regional Violence Displaces Families More than 36,000 people have fled violence in Ethiopia and crossed into Kenya, according to reporting by the Associated Press on 27 October. The displacement is linked to fighting near the border town of Moyale, involving a territorial dispute between Ethiopia&#8217;s Oromia [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1066"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1068,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1066\/revisions\/1068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}