Turkana ruins rekindle massacre memories

Makeshift iron sheet villages established by Ethiopia Merile militia inside Kenyan soil at Natiira in Todonyang along the border of Kenya and Ethiopia,where more than 20 Kenyans were killed and marked as a scene of crime.[Rashid Lorogoi/Standard]

Nestled along the volatile Kenya-Ethiopia border, Todonyang remains a ghostly shadow of its former self—a village marred by insecurity, displacement, and abandonment.

Once a thriving hub for the Turkana community, the deadly militia attacks of 2011 left the area desolate, forcing hundreds of families to flee and leaving behind ruins of essential infrastructure.