UK warns citizens against non-essential travel to Moyale amid Ethiopia border violence
NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 7-The United Kingdom has advised its citizens against all but essential travel to Moyale town and areas within five kilometres of the Kenya-Ethiopia border following escalating violence…
The United Kingdom has issued a travel advisory warning its citizens against non-essential travel to Moyale town and areas within five kilometres of the Kenya-Ethiopia border due to escalating violence in neighbouring Ethiopia. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) added Moyale and its surrounding areas to locations where non-essential travel is discouraged, citing security incidents affecting the Kenyan side of the border.
The advisory comes amid clashes between communities linked to Ethiopia’s Oromia and Somali regional administrations over territorial administration, which have forced thousands of people to flee across the border into Kenya. Kenyan authorities have responded by reinforcing security along the frontier, and the UNHCR reported that up to 50,000 people had crossed into Kenya to escape the violence.
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