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The allure Ethiopians can’t resist down in South Africa

Police officers inside a Nairobi bound vehicle at the border town [Photo Abdi Ali]

By Ali Abdi

NAIROBI, KENYA: In 1998, the first group of Ethiopian peasants ventured to South Africa to look for greener pastures.
Since then, the trend has been unprecedented, with hundreds of the aliens crossing through the long porous Kenyan border mainly through Moyale
and Sololo Districts of Marsabit County.

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