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Widows of Todonyang: How massacre left helpless mothers struggling to live

The attack not only claimed the lives of several men but also left behind a trail of widows and orphans grappling with the harsh realities of life without their breadwinners. [Lucas Ngasike, Standard]

In the aftermath of the Todonyang massacre that left more than 30 fishermen dead, a trail of death and destruction left dozens of women widows in the remote village in Turkana North.

The horrific terror near the Kenya-Ethiopia border has left a cloud of grief hanging heavily over the small fishing community as widows grapple to come to terms with the loss of their husbands in a deadly Ethiopian Dassanech attack.

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