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Residents flee Boni Forest as anti-Al Shabaab operation begins

About 100 families have fled Basuba and forested areas in northern Lamu County and southern Garissa as police and military forces seek to flush out Islamist militants hiding in Boni Forest.

Many of those fleeing Boni Forest are ethnic Boni, Watta or Wasanye, who are mainly hunter-gatherer communities.

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