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Fighting in Ethiopia border town kills nine, thousands flee to Kenya

NAIROBI: Fighting in a southern Ethiopian border town has killed at least nine people over the past few days, an official at a local hospital said, while a Kenyan official said at least 2,500 people had fled into Kenya. Local residents say the fighting in the Ethiopian town of Moyale, which sits opposite a Kenyan settlement of the same name, erupted on Wednesday after clashes ⁠between the Oromo ⁠and Somali ethnic groups. Gunfire could still be heard on Friday, they said. The official at the