Mount Elgon insurgency

Mount Elgon insurgency

Mount Elgon
Date2005 – March 2008
Location
Status Kenyan victory
Belligerents
Sabaot Land Defence Force Kenya Defence Forces
Casualties and losses
c. 600 killed[1]
46,000 displaced[2] 300 missing[3]

The Mount Elgon insurgency was a conflict that started in 2005 when the Sabaot Land Defence Force militia revolted in the Mount Elgon area, Western Kenya.[4]

  1. ^ Georgette Gagnon, Africa director at Human Rights Watch (2008-04-02). "Kenya: Army and Rebel Militia Commit War Crimes in Mt. Elgon (Human Rights Watch, 3-4-2008)". Hrw.org. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
  2. ^ "UNICEF condemns continuing violence in Mount Elgon". UNICEF. 13 December 2007.
  3. ^ "Salome Matakwei,"Some people still hate me"". The New Humanitarian. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  4. ^ "Dozens killed in Kenyan 'genocide'". ITN. Retrieved 2010-05-01.[permanent dead link]