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Kenyans reportedly cross border in search of food

    NAIROBI

    Some 5,000 Kenyans have reportedly crossed into Ethiopia in search of food, the ‘Daily Nation’ newspaper reported on Wednesday. It said a two-year drought had forced residents of Kibish district, in northwestern Turkana on the Kenya-Ethiopia border, to abandon their homes with their cattle and cross in search of water and food. The Kenyan Catholic Justice and Peace Commission meanwhile reported the sale of maize, meant for drought victims, by a government official in Lodwar, who was subsequently arrested. Government officials contacted by IRIN on Wednesday said they had “no official communication” on the migrants.

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