A clash between Ethiopian and Kenyan fishermen near theU Omo River along the Kenya-Ethiopia border has left around 22 people missing.
The fighting occurred on Saturday evening at Lopeimukat and Natira, with Turkana county police reporting that 22 Kenyan fishermen are unaccounted for and 15 boats were stolen.
Six ethnic Dasenech fishermen from Ethiopia were rescued and returned to their country.
Kenya’s Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen has deployed additional security to the border and is engaging with Ethiopian authorities to “broker peace between the two communities.”
