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In Kenya, it is the largest town in Marsabit County and the capital of Moyale sub-county. Moyale is the main border post on the Nairobi-Addis Ababa road, situated along the southern escarpment of the Borana Plateau, north of the Chalbi Desert. The city is known for its traditional architecture.
The exacerbation of the conflict in 2016 is speculated to be caused from competition arisen from a prolonged drought. [15] From December 2016 at the border of the Oromia and Somali regions, the Oromia and Somali communities territorial tension boiled, notably near the town of Deka, leaving at least 30 people dead and more than 50,000 displaced.
The road starts at Isiolo, Isiolo County, approximately 273 kilometres (170 mi), north of Nairobi, the capital and largest city of Kenya. [2] From there, the road travels in a general northerly direction through Archers Post, Merille, Marsabit, Turbi, to end at Moyale, at the international border with Ethiopia. [3]
Moyale is located at the frontier between the traditional territories of the Somali and Oromo peoples living in the southwestern part of Ethiopia. Accordingly, local groups of both Somali and Oromo have a vested interest in the control of the relatively rich pastoral resources in the district and have therefore been in conflict over its control.
Moyale(Oromo: Moyyaalee) is one of the Districts in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia.It is named after the administrative center of the woreda, Moyale.Located in the southeast corner of the Borena Zone, Moyale is bordered on the south by Kenya, on the west by Dire, on the northwest by Arero, on the north by the Dawa River which separates it from Liben, and on the east by Dawa Zone Somali Region.
Tog Wajaale is the main border crossing for goods coming in and out of Somaliland, primarily from the port city of Berbera, Somaliland's main port. [ 3 ] The settlements on the Ethiopian side of the border are called Togo Wuchale , Togo Chale, Wajaale, etc., and are located about 20 km southwest of Tog Wajaale in Somaliland.
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The Moyale clashes were a series of ethnic clashes between Borana and Garre communities in July 2012 in the area of Moyale, Ethiopia, on the border with Kenya. The fighting appeared to be caused by a long-standing dispute over land possession, [ 1 ] exacerbated by recent drought conditions.