Hundreds of Ethiopians cross into Kenya to flee regional fighting

A man walks at the Bakelo Camp housing thousands of internally displaced Amharas resulting from the conflict in Ethiopia’s Oromia region in Debre Berhan, on October 19, 2026 [File Marco Simoncelli/AFP]

Hundreds of Ethiopians have crossed into Kenya, fleeing ⁠⁠fighting in ⁠⁠the border town of Moyale, which was reportedly prompted by loyalists publicly raising the flag of a neighbouring majority-Somali state.

Kenyan police said on Thursday that hundreds of Ethiopians, mostly women and children, crossed into Kenya through several entry points in Moyale, including the Sessi, Kore, Biashara, Foundation and Miti areas.

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The people who crossed the border were fleeing tensions between leaders of Ethiopia’s Oromia and Somali regional states, according to Kenyan police.

The police reported gunfire and chaotic scenes in Moyale.

Ethiopian media reported that the fighting in Moyale started as a dispute over raising the flag of the Somali Regional State, a regional state in eastern Ethiopia, on Sunday.

Tensions escalated into fighting between forces from the Oromia and Somali regions.

The Kenya Red Cross said it was setting up temporary shelter and distributing essential items including cereal and porridge flour.

“The response will initially reach 1,000 households,” the Kenya Red Cross said in a statement on Thursday.

It added that experts were conducting an assessment to work out how many people were ⁠affected and what their needs were.

The regional clash is hundreds of kilometres away from ‌‌a larger conflict in the northern Tigray region between government forces and a rebel alliance led by the Tigray People’s ‌‌Liberation ‌‌Front.

2026 年 10 月 19 日，一名男子在巴克洛营地行走，该营地收容了数千名因埃塞俄比亚奥罗米亚地区德布雷贝尔汉地区冲突而流离失所的阿姆哈拉人 [文件 Marco Simoncelli/法新社]

数百名埃塞俄比亚人越境进入肯尼亚，逃离边境城镇莫亚莱的战斗。据报道，这场战斗是由效忠者公开升起邻国索马里多数族裔国家的国旗引发的。

肯尼亚警方周四表示，数百名埃塞俄比亚人，其中大部分是妇女和儿童，通过莫亚莱的几个入境点进入肯尼亚，包括塞西、科雷、比亚沙拉、基金会和米蒂地区。

埃塞俄比亚宣布在提格雷州组建临时政府（共3条，第1条）

问题 2（共 3 个）：外交手段能否解决埃塞俄比亚和厄立特里亚之间长期存在的矛盾？

列表 3/3：提格雷在对战争可能扩大的担忧中恢复日常生活

据肯尼亚警方称，越境者是为了逃离埃塞俄比亚奥罗米亚州和索马里州领导人之间的紧张局势。

警方报告称，莫亚莱发生枪击事件，现场一片混乱。

埃塞俄比亚媒体报道称，莫亚莱的战斗始于周日索马里州（埃塞俄比亚东部的一个州）升旗的争端。

奥罗米亚和索马里地区的紧张局势升级为双方交战。

肯尼亚红十字会表示，他们正在搭建临时住所并分发包括谷物和粥粉在内的必需品。

肯尼亚红十字会周四在一份声明中表示：“初步援助将覆盖 1000 户家庭。”

声明还补充说，专家们正在进行评估，以确定有多少人受到影响以及他们的需求是什么。

这场地区冲突距离北部提格雷地区政府军与提格雷人民解放阵线领导的叛军联盟之间更大规模的冲突有数百公里之遥。