Rhamu ( so, Raamo Raaxa) is a town in the

Mandera County Mandera County is the northeasternmost county in Kenya. Its capital and largest town is Mandera. The county is bordered by Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the east and Wajir County to the southwest. According to the 2019 census, the county ha ...

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and is the second largest town of the district. It sits across the Dawa River from the town of Sathe in

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

. It is largely populated by the

Garre The Garre (also Gurreh, Karre, "Binukaaf") ( Somali: ''Reer Garre'', Arabic: بنو كاف, romanized: ''Banī kāf'' ) is a major Somali clan whose origins trace back to Samaale who traces the lineage from the Arabian Peninsula through Aqiil ...

Somali clan co-existing with degoodia. Rhamu is located at the international border between Kenya and Ethiopia.

Location

Rhamu is located in extreme northeastern Kenya, at the border with Ethiopia, approximately , by road, west of

Mandera Mandera ( so, Mandheera) is the capital of Mandera County in the former North Eastern Province of Kenya. It is situated at around , near the borders with Somalia and Ethiopia. Districts Mandera is the capital of the Mandera District. As a whol ...

, where the headquarters of the

county A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

are located. This lies approximately , by road, northeast of

Nairobi Nairobi ( ) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase ''Enkare Nairobi'', which translates to "place of cool waters", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper ha ...

, the capital and largest city in the country. The coordinates of the town are:3°56'15.0"N, 41°13'13.0"E (Latitude:3.937499; Longitude:41.220277).

Overview

In 1977, the town was the location of what became known as the

Rhamu Incident The Rhamu Incident, also known as Battle of Rhamu on the 29 June 1977, was a brief armed conflict between Kenya and Somalia, in which the latter invaded the Northern Frontier District on the eve of the Ogaden War. A force of 1500 Somali soldiers a ...

. More recently, in 2014, ethnic conflict erupted between the

Degodia The Degoodi or Degodia ( so, Degoodi or Degoodiya, ar, دغودي) is a Somali clan. They are genealogically related to the other Samaale, but in particular to the Garjante, Gaalje'el, Masare, Isa (Saransor) and 'Awrmale, with which they share ...

and

, with some of the combatants coming from neighboring Ethiopia, across the Dawa River. At least twenty people died in that conflict, with an estimated 13,000 internally displaced from their homes. The

Elwak–Mandera Road The Elwak–Mandera Road, is a rural road in Kenya. The road links Elwak, to the town of Mandera, in the country's extreme northeast, near the tri-point where the borders of Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia meet. Location The road starts at Elwak, ...

passes through the middle of town. Rhamu is serviced by

Rhamu Airport Rhamu Airport is an airport in Kenya. Location The airport is located in the town of Rhamu, in Madera County, close to the international border with Ethiopia, approximately , by air, north of Moi International Airport, in Mombasa, the nearest la ...

Population

In September 2014, the Kenya Red Cross estimated the population of the Rhamu at about 40,000.

References

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Location

Overview

Population

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