Nearly 5,000 people have fled to Kenya from the Ethiopian border town of Moyale after the weekend shooting of nine civilians by troops, the Kenyan Red Cross said Tuesday. "Approximately 5,000 refugees have arrived in Moyale, the majority being women and children," a Red Cross statement said. A Moyale resident said Ethiopian soldiers were trying to seek out Oromo activists. The border town is sliced in two with one side in Ethiopia and the other in Kenya. "There is continued aggression and harassment which creates fear and forces people to flee," the local resident said.

Source: Ethiopian News March 14, 2018 03:22 UTC