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Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...
Kenya Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...
border was first identified by the
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in 1907 and refined in 1947 in the aftermath of the East African Campaign of
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. When Kenya became independent, it was finally approved in 1970. The border stretches 861 kilometers bounded by
Marsabit Marsabit is a town in the northern Marsabit County in Kenya. It is situated in the former Eastern Province and is almost surrounded by the Marsabit National Park. The town is located east of the centre of the East African Rift at an elevatio ...
, Turkana,
Wajir Wajir () is the capital of Wajir County in Kenya. It is situated in the former North Eastern Province. History A cluster of cairns near Wajir are generally ascribed by the local inhabitants to the Maadiinle, a semi-legendary people of high ...
and
Mandera Mandera (a) 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 was the capital of the former Mandera District. As a whole ...
Counties on the side of Kenya, and Borena and Dhawa Zones in the Ethiopian side. The border features enormous biodiversity and wildlife, most notably, several communities such as Mursi, Nyangatom, Daasanach and Turkana, which are agro-pastoralist in response to harsh climate and erratic weather patterns. Meanwhile, the prevalence of high poverty, poor infrastructure and low literacy and education has been contributed for several conflicts, recurring drought and land degradation resulted from natural resources warfare.


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Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...
and
Kenya Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...
have straddling border stretching 861 km transverse Marasabit, Turkana,
Wajir Wajir () is the capital of Wajir County in Kenya. It is situated in the former North Eastern Province. History A cluster of cairns near Wajir are generally ascribed by the local inhabitants to the Maadiinle, a semi-legendary people of high ...
and
Mandera Mandera (a) 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 was the capital of the former Mandera District. As a whole ...
Counties on the Kenyan side, and Borena and Dhawa Zones on the Ethiopian side. The border features poor infrastructure, remote from the respective capitals
Nairobi Nairobi is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Kenya. The city lies in the south-central part of Kenya, at an elevation of . The name is derived from the Maasai language, Maasai phrase , which translates to 'place of cool waters', a ...
and
Addis Ababa Addis Ababa (; ,) is the capital city of Ethiopia, as well as the regional state of Oromia. With an estimated population of 2,739,551 inhabitants as of the 2007 census, it is the largest city in the country and the List of cities in Africa b ...
, and low school enrollment with low literacy rate and high poverty in the area. The population in the area is relatively remote, characterized by transversal nomadic movement from both sides or vice versa. These movements lead to potential conflicts over water and pasture. Poverty includes livestock, wildlife, forest, minerals and medical plants, which are essential to the people. Youth population, poverty, inadequate water supply, recurrent drought and the resulting land degradation resulted natural resources warfare and among others. As such, the
government of Ethiopia The government of Ethiopia () is the federal government of Ethiopia. It is structured in a framework of a federal republic, federal parliamentary system, parliamentary republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, prime minister is the hea ...
and
Kenya Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...
developing cross-border program, to customize the community structure and fit-for-purpose solution to the development challenges identified. The Lower Omo and Turkana region are home of various community such as Mursi, Nyangatom, Daasanach (or
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) and Turkana, which adopted a nomadic agro-pastoralist way of life in response to harsh climate and erratic weather patterns. Between 1989 and 2011 alone, there were conflicts between Nyangatom, Daasanach and Turkana caused 600 direct people deaths. The Ethiopia–Kenya border was first identified by the
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1907. In 1947, it was redefined and demarcated in 1950s, which finally approved in 1970 by now independent Kenya and Ethiopia. The Illemi Triangle is tri-junctional point where the Ethiopia and Kenya territories conjoin. This area is significant for dry season pasture that support communities of different countries. On other hands, the area also significant for forage-rich pastures of Ilemi have been cause of war between transhumanist communities of
South Sudan South Sudan (), officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the north by Sudan; on the east by Ethiopia; on the south by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Kenya; and on the ...
, Ethiopia,
Uganda Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the ...
, and Kenya.


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International borders Ethiopia–Kenya border {{DEFAULTSORT:Ethiopia-Kenya border