NAIROBI: Kenyans in a border region expressed fear on Wednesday over an influx of Somali regional fighters, pushed over the border following clashes with the central government.
The southern Somali state of Jubaland has long clashed with the federal government based in Mogadishu.
Last month, federal forces seized a key town in Jubaland, forcing local fighters to flee across the border into Kenya’s northeastern Mandera County.
“There is a lot of fear in the area... Most people have run away,” Urgus Shukra, a local elder in Mandera, told AFP by phone.
He said armed Somali forces have been present for four weeks and had occupied “the most important farm area.”
