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Kenya must protect Ethiopian refugees in Moyale who fled military attacks back home

Ethiopian refugees in Moyale, Marsabit County in Kenya on March 13, 2018. Kenya must not push refugees back by making life difficult for them in Kenya. The risk of serious human rights violations in Ethiopia is still very real. PHOTO | PHOEBE OKALL | NMG

By  VICTOR NYAMORI

Ayantu, a 53-year-old mother of seven, had just finished preparing lunch for her children when military personnel surrounded her village.

They pulled everyone out of their homes and asked them to reveal members of shiftas — the informal name for members of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), an opposition group outlawed in Ethiopia.

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