00:00The ongoing clashes on the Ethiopian side have forced thousands of people to cross into Kenya seeking safety since October
00:0822nd.
00:09Up to an estimated 50,000 people have crossed into Kenya according to the UN Refugee Agency, citing local authorities
00:16up from 36,000 reported earlier.
00:19I have been here for the last 12 days. I came here because of the conflict. Our houses have been
00:26burnt and we are separated from some of our family members while fleeing.
00:30But here I'm safe. I have somewhere to sleep even if it's on the floor. We also have water even
00:36if it's not enough.
00:38The conflict monitoring organization ACLED traced the latest fighting to an October 18 confrontation over the opening of a Somali
00:47regional administration office and the raising of its flag in a disputed part of Ethiopia and Moyali.
00:53I came here because of the insecurity that has been going on for some time.
00:58Before I came to the Kenyan side, I spent some time in Ethiopia and a time came when we could
01:04not access the basic needs.
01:06I joined the people who were fleeing and we managed to cross over to the Kenyan side to seek safety
01:11and support.
01:12I am a father of three, but when the conflict escalated, I was separated from my family.
01:18I came to this side and others went another way.
01:21We have not yet been able to unite and have not been able to get in touch with my children.
01:26The UNHCR representative in Kenya, Fatima Mohamed, called, thanked the Kenyan government for its response.
01:33The situation is very dear. The people are in need of shelter, in need of food, in need of health
01:41services.
01:43We are trying to see how, due to the huge number of people that are not only in this site,
01:49but we also have six other sites hosting Ethiopians,
01:54we are also trying to manage that there shouldn't be any outbreak of any communicable disease.
02:02The fighting is rooted in a long-standing boundary dispute between the Borana, who are Oromo, and the Gari, who
02:09are Somali.
02:10The
